The medical preparation of expeditions: The role of the medical officer

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 213-223

  Shaw, Marc T M ^a,b   Dallimore, Jon ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Worldwise Travellers Health Centres of New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^c BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; AMINOPHYLLINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ATENOLOL; ATROPINE; BISACODYL; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; DICLOFENAC; DOXYCYCLINE; ENOXAPARIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; LOPERAMIDE; MEBENDAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDAZOLAM; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN V; PREDNISOLONE; QUININE SULFATE; RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE; RANITIDINE; TRAMADOL; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COMPETENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIRST AID; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INJURY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; TEAMWORK; TRAVEL; VACCINATION;

EID: 24344458941     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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