Geotourism and volcanoes: Health hazards facing tourists at volcanic and geothermal destinations

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 257-261

  Heggie, Travis W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geothermal; Geotourism; Hazard; Health; Volcano tourism

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AWARENESS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; EARTHQUAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GAIT DISORDER; HEADACHE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LARYNX SPASM; LUNG EDEMA; NATURAL DISASTER; NOSE IRRITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICOSIS; SWEATING; TACHYCARDIA; THROAT IRRITATION; TOURISM; TRAVEL; TREMOR; VISUAL DISORDER; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANO; VOMITING;

GEOLOGY; HUMANS; SAFETY; TRAVEL; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EID: 69749105136     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2009.06.002     Document Type: Review

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