Travel patterns and risk behavior in solid organ transplant recipients.

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Published in J Travel Med on February 10, 2004

Authors

Andrea K Boggild1, Marie Sano, Atul Humar, Irving Salit, Matt Gilman, Kevin C Kain

Author Affiliations

1: University of Toronto, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, UHN-Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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