Pattern of passenger injury and illness on expedition cruise ships to antarctica

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 228-234

  Schutz, Lusana ^a   Zak, Dan ^b   Holmes, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Quark Expeditions   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION SICKNESS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; SCHOOL CHILD; SHIP; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ARCTIC; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAVEL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARCTIC REGIONS; CHILD; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION SICKNESS; RISK FACTORS; SHIPS; TRAVEL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903768349     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12126     Document Type: Article

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