Health care issues for families traveling internationally with children

Journal of Pediatric Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 51-59

  Ferguson, Laura E ^a   Parks, Deborah K ^a   Yetman, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; CAREER; CHILD CARE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DRINKING; DRUG MARKETING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HEALTH; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; IMMUNIZATION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFECTION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MENTAL HEALTH; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OBSTETRIC CARE; PARENT; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PLANNING; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POWER SUPPLY; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNOLOGY; TOURISM; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; EMERGENCY; FOOD; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TROPICAL MEDICINE; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EMERGENCIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FOOD; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; TRAVEL; TROPICAL MEDICINE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0036517158     PISSN: 08915245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mph.2002.117297     Document Type: Article

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