Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 51-55 , January 2010

Attitude and practice of medical students studying in Hungary and India toward health during overseas and domestic 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.
    • Permanent address: 1103, Dimple Heights, Asha Nagar, Kandivali East, Mumbai 400101, India.
    • ,
  • Arunachalam Muthusundari

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Madras Medical College, Chennai, India
    • ,
  • Alagappan Uma

      Affiliations

    • Madurai Medical College, Madurai, India
    • ,
  • Ponniah Thirumalaikolundusubramanian

      Affiliations

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

Received 15 September 2009 ,Revised 13 December 2009 ,Accepted 14 December 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)00181-1

doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2009.12.003

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 51-55 , January 2010

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