Survey of visitors to a National Park in the savannah region of northeast Brazil: Practices, incidents and hazardous situations

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-6

  Ariza, Liana ^a   Gomide, Marcia ^a   Ramos Jr , Alberto Novaes ^a   Leggat, Peter A ^b   Heukelbach, Jörg ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidents; Brazil; Injuries; National park; Travel medicine; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; BEE STING; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVENOMATION; EXHAUSTION; FALLING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEADACHE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMORRHOID; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INSECT BITE; INSECT STING; INTERVIEW; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGER; PANIC; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAVANNA; SUNBURN; TOURISM; TRAVEL; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; TROPICAL DISEASE;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAZIL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SUNBURN; TRAVEL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33845231383     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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