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Health Hazards in International Tourists Visiting Paris in August: A Five-Year Retrospective Epidemiologic Survey

  1. Thierry Prazuck1,*,
  2. Caroline Semaille1,
  3. Bruno Halioua1,
  4. Arthur Burcombe1,
  5. Benoit Papon2,
  6. Pierre Espinoza3,
  7. Bertrand Gallichon4,
  8. Jean-Yves Juel4,
  9. Alain Michel5,
  10. Daniel Janniere6,
  11. Véronique Benoist1,
  12. Christian Lafaix1,
  13. Alain Fisch1

Article first published online: 28 JUL 2006

DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.1998.tb00503.x

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Journal of Travel Medicine

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volume 5, Issue 4, pages 178–183, December 1998

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Prazuck, T., Semaille, C., Halioua, B., Burcombe, A., Papon, B., Espinoza, P., Gallichon, B., Juel, J.-Y., Michel, A., Janniere, D., Benoist, V., Lafaix, C. and Fisch, A. (1998), Health Hazards in International Tourists Visiting Paris in August: A Five-Year Retrospective Epidemiologic Survey. Journal of Travel Medicine, 5: 178–183. doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.1998.tb00503.x

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  1. 1

    T. Prazuck, MD, C. Semaille, MD, B. Halioua, MD, V. Benoist, MD, C. Lafaix, MD, PhD, and A. Fisch, MD: Institut des Etudes Epidémiologiques et Prophylactiques (IDEEP), Villeneuve St-Georges

  2. 2

    A. Burcombe, MD and B. Papon, MD: American Hospital of Paris, Neuilly sur Seine, France

  3. 3

    P. Espinoza, MD: Hopital de l'Hôtel Dieu, Paris, France

  4. 4

    B. Gallichon, MD, and J. Y. Juel, MD: SOS Médecins Paris, France

  5. 5

    A. Michel, MD: Brigade des Sapeurs Pompiers de Paris, France

  6. 6

    D. Janniere, MD: Service d'Aide Médicale Urgente 75 (SAMU 75), Paris, France.

*Reprint requests: Dr. Thierry Prazuck, Service de Maladies Infectieuses, Centre Hospitalier Régional d'Orleans, BP 6709, 45067 Orleans, Cedex 2.

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