Preparing children for travel to tropical and developing regions

Pediatric Annals

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 676-684

  Christenson, John C ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Clinical Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7 (2 AMINOETHYLAMINO) 1 CYCLOPROPYL 6 FLUORO 1,4 DIHYDRO 4 OXO 3 QUINOLINECARBOXYLIC ACID; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; AZITHROMYCIN; BISMUTH SALICYLATE; CHLOROQUINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LOPERAMIDE; MEFLOQUINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; PRIMAQUINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RABIES VACCINE; TYPHOID VACCINE; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

AGITATION; ANXIETY; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; ERYTHEMA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HALLUCINATION; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; ILEUS; IMMUNIZATION; INJECTION PAIN; INSECT BITE; INSOMNIA; MALARIA; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RABIES; REVIEW; REYE SYNDROME; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; STOMACH DISEASE; TABLET FORMULATION; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TRAVEL; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; TROPICS; TYPHOID FEVER; UNPLEASANT DREAM; VIVID DREAM; VOMITING; YELLOW FEVER;

EID: 6044220233     PISSN: 00904481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0090-4481-20041001-10     Document Type: Review

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