Medical repatriation of British diplomats resident overseas

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 64-69

  Patel, Dipti ^a,c   Easmon, Charles J ^a   Dow, Carol ^b   Snashall, David C ^c   Seed, Paul T ^d  

^a FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034003467     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2000.00023     Document Type: Article

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