| Edition |
5th ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxx, 530 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Fourth edition published 2002. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of contributors; About using this book; 1 Staying healthy abroad; 1.1 Introduction: Staying healthy abroad; 2 Food, drink, and hygiene-related diseases; 2.1 Diarrhoea and intestinal infections; 2.2 Parasites from infected food and drink; 2.3 Poliomyelitis; 2.4 Viral hepatitis; 2.5 Poisons and contaminants in food; 3 Water-related diseases; 3.1 Safe water; 3.2 Water purification devices; 3.3 Recreational water and beaches; 3.4 Algal blooms; 4 Diseases of 'contact'; 4.1 Tuberculosis; 4.2 Tetanus; 4.3 Diphtheria; 4.4 Schistosomiasis (bilharzia); 4.5 Meningococcal disease. |
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4.6 Legionnaires' disease4.7 Worm infections from soil contact; 4.8 Leprosy; 4.9 Anthrax; 4.10 Viral haemorrhagic fevers; 4.11 Leptospirosis; 4.12 Influenza A and B; 5 Diseases spread by insects; 5.1 Malaria; 5.2 Arbovirus: dengue, Japanese encephalitis, yellow fever, and others; 5.3 Filarial infections; 5.4 Lyme disease; 5.5 Leishmaniasis; 5.6 Sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis); 5.7 Chagas disease (South American trypanosomiasis); 5.8 Plague; 5.9 Typhus: the rickettsial infections; 5.10 Myiasis (maggot infestation); 5.11 Fleas, lice, bugs, scabies, and other creatures. |
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5.12 Personal protection against insect pests6 Animal attacks, rabies, venomous bites and stings; 7 Air and sea travel; 7.1 Air travel; 7.2 Jet lag; 7.3 Motion sickness; 7.4 Cruise ship medicine; 8 Environmental and recreational hazards; 8.1 Accidents; 8.2 Personal safety and security; 8.3 Altitude illness; 8.4 Effects of climatic extremes; 8.5 Sun and the traveller; 8.6 Hay fever seasons worldwide; 8.7 Yachting and sailing: 'nautical tourism'; 8.8 Swimming, diving, and water sports; 8.9 Snow sports; 9 Some common problems; 9.1 Skin problems; 9.2 Dental problems; 9.3 Eye problems. |
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9.4 Foot care9.5 Skin and soft tissue infections; 9.6 Respiratory and airborne problems in travellers; 9.7 Gynaecological problems; 9.8 Psychological disorders; 9.9 Fever and undifferentiated febrile illnesses; 10 Sex and contraception abroad; 10.1 Sexually-transmitted infections; 10.2 Human immunodeficiency virus; 10.3 Contraception and travel: be safe, be prepared; 11 Travellers with special health needs; 11.1 Travel in pregnancy; 11.2 Children abroad; 11.3 Elderly travellers; 11.4 The traveller with diabetes; 11.5 The immunocompromised traveller; 11.6 The disabled traveller. |
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11.7 Expedition medicine11.8 Medical tourism; 11.9 Health protection of Armed Forces personnel; 12 Living and working abroad; 12.1 Becoming an expatriate; 12.2 Fitness for working abroad; 13 Preparing for travel; 13.1 Risk and risk assessment for travellers; 13.2 Immunization; 13.3 Travel insurance: the whys, whats, and hows; 13.4 Travel law; 13.5 Medicines and medical kits; 13.6 Blood transfusion, blood products, and the traveller; 14 Emerging infections: the future; Appendix 1: Vaccination requirements and recommendations; Appendix 2: Resource guide. |
| Summary |
Our ability to travel to the remotest parts of the world has been transformed, but the health risks are ever changing and increasing, and there may be no one to help when things go wrong. Whether you are travelling abroad for business or pleasure, this book provides essential, detailed, practical advice for journeys all over the world. This fifth edition is a complete revision of a best-selling, comprehensive and trusted guide. Travellers need to be increasingly well informed about health problems they may encounter abroad. Malaria prevention, the latest vaccine information and advice, cruise. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Travel -- Health aspects.
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Travel -- Health aspects. |
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Tropical medicine.
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Tropical medicine. |
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Communicable Disease Control. |
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Travel. |
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Vaccination. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Dawood, Richard.
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| Other Form: |
9780191665400 |
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9780199214167 |
| ISBN |
9780191665400 (e-book) |
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0191665401 (e-book) |
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9780199214167 |
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