Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 7, Issue 5 , Pages 262-264 , September 2009

Common ailments observed among students and their parents during travel

  • Shah Sweni

      Affiliations

    • University of Debrecen, Medical and Health Science Center, Debrecen, Hungary
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Simonyi utca 35, fldsz 30, Debrecen 4028, Hungary. Tel.: +36 204476563, +91 9819937640 (mobile).
    • Permanent address: 1103 Dimple Heights, Asha Nagar, Kandivali East, Mumbai 400101, India.
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  • Arunachalam Muthusundari

      Affiliations

    • Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli, India
    • ,
  • Ramachandran Meenakshisundaram

      Affiliations

    • Madras Medical College, Chennai, India
    • ,
  • Ponniah Thirumalaikolundusubramanian

      Affiliations

    • Chennai Medical College Hospital and Research Center, Irungalur, Trichy, India

Received 16 July 2009 ,Accepted 23 July 2009.

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☆ This paper was presented by Shah Sweni, at the 11th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine (CISTM11), May 24–28, Budapest, Hungary.

PII: S1477-8939(09)00122-7

doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2009.07.003

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 7, Issue 5 , Pages 262-264 , September 2009

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