Consider prescribing tourism

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 150-152

  Filep, Sebastian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LEISURE; SLEEP QUALITY; STRESS; TOURISM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT; TRAVEL;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPORTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRAVEL;

EID: 84898846794     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12104     Document Type: Editorial

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