A proposal for a worldwide definition of health resort medicine, balneology, medical hydrology and climatology

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 495-507

  Gutenbrunner, Christoph ^a   Bender, Tamas ^a   Cantista, Pedro ^a   Karagülle, Zeki ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balneology; Climatology; Curriculum; Definitions; Health resort medicine; Medical hydrology; Specialist training

Indexed keywords

BALNEOTHERAPY; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METEOROLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SPECIALIZATION; STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY;

BALNEOLOGY; HEALTH RESORTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; METEOROLOGY; SPECIALIZATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77955852029     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-010-0321-5     Document Type: Review

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