Hajj: Journey of a lifetime

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7483, 2005, Pages 133-137

  Gatrad, Abdul Rashid ^a   Sheikh, Aziz ^b,c  

^a MANOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c PNM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLIMATE; CONSULTATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DESERT; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INJURY; LIFESPAN; MENINGITIS; MOSLEM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; SHOE; SUN EXPOSURE; SYMPTOM; TRAVEL; VACCINATION;

EID: 12344281407     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.133     Document Type: Review

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