Medical advice for commercial air travelers

American Family Physician

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 801-810

  Bettes, Thomas N ^a   McKenas, David K ^a  

^a AMR   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; INSULIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MELATONIN; SCOPOLAMINE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EPILEPSY; FAMILY MEDICINE; FLIGHT; HUMAN; JET LAG; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; MOTION SICKNESS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRAVEL; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIABETES MELLITUS; EAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; TEACHING MATERIALS; TRAVEL;

EID: 0033199072     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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