International travel and health : situation as on 1 January 2007 / / World Health Organization

• Pubblicazione: Geneva, : World Health Organization, c2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (238 p.)
• Disciplina: 613.68
• Soggetto topico: Travel - Health aspects; Communicable diseases - Prevention; Vaccination
• Note generali: Includes indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Health risks and precautions: general considerations -- Chapter 2 Mode of travel: health considerations -- Chapter 3 Environmental health risks -- Chapter 4 Injuries and violence -- Chapter 5 Infectious diseases of potential risk for travellers -- Chapter 6 Vaccine-preventable diseases and vaccines -- Chapter 7 Malaria -- Chapter 8 Exposure to blood and body fluids -- Chapter 9 Special groups of travellers -- Country list: Yellow fever vaccination requirements and recommendations -- and malaria situation -- Annex 1: Countries with risk of yellow fever transmission and countries requiring yellow fever vaccination -- Annex 2: International Health Regulations -- Index of countries and territories -- Index by subject.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is designed for medical and public health professionals who advise travellers, but it is also a standard reference for travel agents, airlines, shipping companies, and travellers themselves.
• Titolo autorizzato: International travel and health
• ISBN: 1-280-95333-0; 9786610953332; 92-4-068220-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807762003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II