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UNINA9910462166503321 |
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Titolo |
Travellers' health [[electronic resource] ] : how to stay healthy abroad / / devised and edited by Richard Dawood |
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Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-70598-2 |
0-19-166540-1 |
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Edizione |
[5th ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (561 p.) |
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Travel - Health aspects |
Tropical medicine |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Fourth edition published 2002. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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 |
4.6 Legionnaires' disease 4.7 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 pests 6 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 traveler; 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 |
9.4 Foot care 9.5 Skin and soft tissue infections; 9.6 Respiratory and airborne problems in travelers; 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 Travelers with special health needs; 11.1 Travel in pregnancy; 11.2 Children abroad; 11.3 Elderly travelers; 11.4 The traveler with diabetes; 11.5 The immunocompromised traveler; 11.6 The disabled traveller |
11.7 Expedition medicine 11.8 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 travelers; 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 traveler; 14 Emerging infections: the future; Appendix 1: Vaccination requirements and recommendations; Appendix 2: Resource guide |
Appendix 3: Some hints on eating abroad under extreme conditions of bad hygiene |
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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. Travelers need to be increasingly well informed about health problems they may encounter abroad. Malaria prevention, the latest vaccine information and advice, cruise |
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Record Nr. |
UNINA9910139359703321 |
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Titolo |
Sedimentology of aqueous systems / / edited by Cristiano Poleto and Susanne Charlesworth |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, 2010 |
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9786612550997 |
9781282550995 |
1282550993 |
9781444317114 |
1444317113 |
9781444317121 |
1444317121 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (215 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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PoletoCristiano |
CharlesworthSusanne |
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Alluvium |
Sediment transport |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Sedimentology of Aqueous Systems; Contents; Contributors; Introduction: the sedimentology of aqueous systems; 1: Surrogate technologies for monitoring suspended-sediment transport in rivers; 2: Surrogate technologies for monitoring bed-load transport in rivers; 3: Sediment characterization; 4: Trace elements in urban environments: a review; 5: Urban aquatic sediments; 6: Biomarkers in integrated ecotoxicological sediment assessment; 7: Tools for assessing contaminated sediments in freshwater, estuarine, and marine ecosystems; Index |
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Sediments in aqueous systems are of increasing interest to academics, researchers, practitioners and stakeholders around the world. This book not only covers the characteristics of the sediments themselves, but also their physico-chemical impact on aquatic habitats and |
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subsequent management implications. There is a strong focus on methods and instrumentation for collecting data and monitoring of environmental sediment quality and as a result, a wide range of environments are considered - from urban areas to freshwater estuaries and marine ecosystems. The chapters have been written by internati |
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