General medical advice for travelers

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-16

  Reyes, I ^a   Shoff, W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOTHING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRIVING ABILITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INSECT BITE; JET LAG; MOTION SICKNESS; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASHORE; SUN EXPOSURE; SWIMMING; TRAVEL;

EID: 0031056948     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(05)70283-2     Document Type: Article

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