International travel health guide, 2006-2007 / Stuart R. Rose, Jay S. Keystone.

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Rose, Stuart R

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9780323070737
0323070736
9780323040501
0323040500

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: International travel health guide, 2006-2007.LOC classification:

RA783.5 .R67 2006

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Contents:

1. Overview of Travelers' Health -- 2. Trip Preparation -- 3. Vaccines for Travel -- 4. Jet Lag and Motion Sickness -- 5. Food and Drink Safety -- 6. Travelers' Diarrhea -- 7. Malaria -- 8. Insect Bite Prevention -- 9. Insect-Borne Diseases -- 10. Travel-Related Diseases -- 11. Lyme Disease -- 12. Hepatitis -- 13. Diabetes -- 14. HIV/AIDS and Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (STDs) -- 15. Altitude Illness -- 16. Medical Care Abroad -- 17. Travel Insurance -- 18. Medical Transport -- 19. Business Travel and Health -- 20. Travel and Pregnancy -- 21. Traveling with Children.

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Summary: An indispensable resource for anyone concerned with safe international travel, this best-selling book has been completely updated to provide more state-of-the-art guidance than ever before. In clear, accessible prose, authors Stuart Rose, MD and Jay Keystone, MD cover all of the essentials of healthy travel, from pre-travel vaccination and avoiding jet lag and altitude sickness to the treatment of travelers' diarrhea, malaria prevention, and more. In addition, the book's unique World Health Guide section provides essential health and risk-related information for over 200 countries. Includes invaluable information on:How to stay healthy while traveling, and what to do if you get sick or injured abroad. How to avoid accidents. Avoiding insect bites, a major cause of illness in tropical and sub-tropical countries. How to locate a clinic for pre-travel shots and advice. How to travel with children. Traveling during pregnancy. How to find travel insurance that pays "up front" and pays for medical evacuation. Which diseases are found in specific geographic regions.

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An indispensable resource for anyone concerned with safe international travel, this best-selling book has been completely updated to provide more state-of-the-art guidance than ever before. In clear, accessible prose, authors Stuart Rose, MD and Jay Keystone, MD cover all of the essentials of healthy travel, from pre-travel vaccination and avoiding jet lag and altitude sickness to the treatment of travelers' diarrhea, malaria prevention, and more. In addition, the book's unique World Health Guide section provides essential health and risk-related information for over 200 countries. Includes invaluable information on:How to stay healthy while traveling, and what to do if you get sick or injured abroad. How to avoid accidents. Avoiding insect bites, a major cause of illness in tropical and sub-tropical countries. How to locate a clinic for pre-travel shots and advice. How to travel with children. Traveling during pregnancy. How to find travel insurance that pays "up front" and pays for medical evacuation. Which diseases are found in specific geographic regions.

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