TY - JOUR
T1 - Providing travel medicine advice to visiting friends and relatives travelers
T2 - High risk and difficult to advise
AU - Stauffer, William M.
AU - Behrens, Ron H.
PY - 2005/12
Y1 - 2005/12
N2 - Travelers returning to their country of origin are at increased risk of travel-associated morbidity and mortality. There are many barriers that these VFR travelers encounter in obtaining adequate pretravel care. There are several simple steps that travel clinics and individual providers can take to increase access and effectiveness of pretravel advice in this population. Development of guidelines and research into this high-risk population are desperately needed.
AB - Travelers returning to their country of origin are at increased risk of travel-associated morbidity and mortality. There are many barriers that these VFR travelers encounter in obtaining adequate pretravel care. There are several simple steps that travel clinics and individual providers can take to increase access and effectiveness of pretravel advice in this population. Development of guidelines and research into this high-risk population are desperately needed.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cfp.2005.08.006
DO - 10.1016/j.cfp.2005.08.006
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:29644433868
VL - 7
SP - 717
EP - 728
JO - Clinics in Family Practice
JF - Clinics in Family Practice
SN - 1522-5720
IS - 4
ER -