Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 126-133 , May 2003

Country profile: travelling to Australia

  • Marc M.T Shaw

      Affiliations

    • Worldwise Travellers Health and Vaccination Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
    • ,
  • Peter A Leggat

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61-7-4781-6108; fax: +61-7-4781-5254

Received 4 November 2002 ,Revised 4 February 2003 ,Accepted 6 February 2003.

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☆ Disclaimer: the authors do not necessarily represent the views of any of the agencies or organisations referred to in this paper. The authors had no financial or other conflicts of interest to disclose.

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doi: 10.1016/S1477-8939(03)00020-6

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 126-133 , May 2003

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