Do British travel agents provide adequate health advice for travellers?
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Travel-related illness is a burden for primary care, with more than two million travellers consulting a general practitioner each year. The annual cost of travel-related illness in the United Kingdom is 11 million Pounds. Travel agents are in a unique position to influence this burden as the most common and most serious problems are preventable with simple advice and/or immunisation. This study, using covert researchers, suggests this potential is not being fully utilised.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
دوره 50 456 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000