Long- and short-haul travel by air: Issues for people with diabetes on insulin

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 255-260

  Burnett, Joan C D ^a,b,c  

^a Woolmanhill Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b Grampian Travel Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CONSULTATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRCRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAVEL;

EID: 33748928657     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2006.00057.x     Document Type: Article

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