Illness and injury to travelers and access to dental care on a research expedition to Mongolia

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 328-331

  Shaw, Marc T M ^a,b   Daniels, David ^c   Leggat, Peter A ^b,d  

^a Worldwise Travellers Health Centres of New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MONGOLIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE; TRAVEL;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; AGED; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONGOLIA; RESEARCH; TOOTH DISEASES; TRAVEL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349263468     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2009.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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