Rethinking Visiting Friends and Relatives Mobilities
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Health disparities among travelers visiting friends and relatives abroad.
For an estimated 10 million trips abroad by U.S. residents in 2002, "visiting friends and relatives" (VFR) was a purpose for travel. Made up largely of foreign-born U.S. residents and their children, this population shows disparities in the number of reported cases of many preventable travel-related illnesses compared with people who travel for other purposes, such as tourism. High-risk illness...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Population, Space and Place
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1544-8444
DOI: 10.1002/psp.1914