International Travel Health Guide
Mosby (Publisher)
13th Edition
Published on 5. December 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
784 pages
978-0-323-04050-1 (ISBN)
Description
An indispensable resource for anyone concerned with safe international travel, this best-selling book has been completely updated to provide more state-of-the-art guidance than ever before. In clear, accessible prose, authors Stuart Rose, MD and Jay Keystone, MD cover all of the essentials of healthy travel, from pre-travel vaccination and avoiding jet lag and altitude sickness to the treatment of travelers diarrhea, malaria prevention, and more. In addition, the book's unique World Health Guide section provides essential health and risk-related information for over 200 countries.
More details
Edition
13th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
St Louis
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-323-04050-1 (9780323040501)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
1. Overview of Travelers' Health 2. Trip Preparation 3. Vaccines for Travel 4. Jet Lag and Motion Sickness 5. Food and Drink Safety 6. Travelers' Diarrhea 7. Malaria 8. Insect Bite Prevention 9. Insect-Borne Diseases 10. Travel-Related Diseases 11. Lyme Disease 12. Hepatitis 13. Diabetes 14. HIV/AIDS and Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (STDs) 15. Altitude Illness 16. Medical Care Abroad 17. Travel Insurance 18. Medical Transport 19. Business Travel and Health 20. Travel and Pregnancy 21. Traveling with Children