Injury and illness aboard an antarctic cruise ship

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-40

  Bledsoe, Gregory H ^a   Brill, Justin D ^a   Zak, Daniel ^b   Li, Guohua ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Quark Expeditions   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Cruise; Illness; Injury

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTION SICKNESS; TRAVEL;

EID: 34047226297     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/06-WEME-OR-029R.1     Document Type: Article

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