Expedition medicine - The risk of illness and injury

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 318-324

  Lyon, R M ^a   Wiggins, C M ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

expedition medicine; travel; wilderness medicine

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MEDICAL RECORD; MOUNTAINEERING; OBSERVATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRAVEL;

ALTITUDE SICKNESS; BITES AND STINGS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EXPEDITIONS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MOUNTAINEERING; OBSERVATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78650362410     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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