Inca trail porters: The health of local tourism employees as a challenge for travel medicine

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 94-99

  Bauer, Irmgard L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; TOURISM; TRAVEL;

EID: 0037352855     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2003.31654     Document Type: Article

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