منابع مشابه
Travelers' health.
Over the last century and a half, the world's population has grown from one billion to almost six billion, and the time required to circumnavi-gate the globe has decreased from 365 days to fewer than 3. Currently, 1.4 million persons travel internationally by air every day. The speed and volume of international travel are cited by the Institute of Medicine as principal factors contributing to t...
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The Baggage of Health Travelers Carolyn Smith-Morris a & Lenore Manderson b c a Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA b School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Caufield East, Victoria, Australia c School of Political and Social Inquiry, Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Caufield East, Vic...
متن کاملTravelers’ Reported Preventive Health Behavior in Jinja, Uganda
Introduction: Increasing international travel to low-income areas is confronting travelers with new health threats. This study investigated international travelers’ health advice, behavior, and information needs in a low-income setting.Methods: This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study. Between October 27–31, 2014, 127 semi-structured surveys were c...
متن کاملtravelers’ reported preventive health behavior in jinja, uganda
introduction: increasing international travel to low-income areas is confronting travelers with new health threats. this study investigated international travelers’ health advice, behavior, and information needs in a low-income setting.methods: this is a descriptive and cross-sectional study. between october 27–31, 2014, 127 semi-structured surveys were conducted in jinja, uganda with internati...
متن کاملHealth 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: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1080-6040
DOI: 10.3201/eid0403.980315