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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825876603321

Autore

Sanford Christopher

Titolo

The adventurous traveler's guide to health / / Christopher Sanford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2008

ISBN

0-295-80005-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Disciplina

613.6/8

Soggetti

Travel - Health aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-203) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Author's Note""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Overview: Risks to International Travelers""; ""2. Immunizations: Routine, Required, Recommended""; ""3. Malaria""; ""4. Urban Medicine: Threats to Health of Travelers to Cities""; ""5. Diseases for Which There Are No Vaccines""; ""6. Travelers' Diarrhea""; ""7. Traveling with Children""; ""8. Traveling with Chronic Medical Problems""; ""9. High-Altitude Medicine""; ""10. Really, Really Nasty Diseases and Other Threats That Are Really, Really Rare, Thank God""; ""11. The Medical Kit""; ""12. Jet Health""

""13. After Your Trip: If You Feel Good, If You Do Not""""14. Some Tips That, Strictly Speaking, Do Not Fall under the Rubric of Travel Health Which I Nonetheless Feel Impelled to Make""; ""15. Resources for the International Traveler""; ""Glossary""; ""Bibliography""; ""About the Author""; ""Index""