Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 278-283 , November 2011

Travel clinic communication and non-adherence to malaria chemoprophylaxis

  • Lorna Farquharson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, UK
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  • Lorraine M. Noble

      Affiliations

    • UCL Medical School, Holborn Union Building 4th Level, Archway Campus, 2-10 Highgate Hill, London N19 5LW, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 20 72883378; fax: +44 20 72883322.
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  • Ron H. Behrens

      Affiliations

    • Hospital for Tropical Diseases Travel Clinic, London, UK
    • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Received 18 January 2011 ,Revised 14 September 2011 ,Accepted 19 September 2011.

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☆ Presented as an oral presentation at the 3rd Northern European Conference on Travel Medicine, Hamburg, 26–29 May 2010: Non-adherence to malaria chemoprophylaxis: can it be predicted from communication in the pre-travel consultation?

PII: S1477-8939(11)00091-3

doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2011.09.004

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 278-283 , November 2011

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