Closing the gap in travel medicine

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Wilder Smith, Annelies ^a,b,c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENGUE; EDITORIAL; EMPLOYMENT; EMPORIATRICS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRATION; POLIOMYELITIS; RELIGION; TOURISM; TRAVEL; YELLOW FEVER; ZIKA FEVER; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS;

GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TRAVEL MEDICINE;

EID: 85020446043     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jtm/tax027     Document Type: Editorial

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