Manual of travel medicine and health [[electronic resource] /] / Robert Steffen, Herbert L. DuPont, Annelies Wilder-Smith

• Autore: Steffen Robert
• Pubblicazione: Hamilton, Ont., : BC Decker, 2007
• Edizione: 3rd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (608 p.)
• Disciplina: 613.68
• Soggetto topico: Travel - Health aspects; Tropical medicine; Medical geography
• Altri autori: DuPontHerbert L. <1938-> Wilder-SmithAnnelies
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Title and Front matter""; ""Contents""; ""Preface to the First Edition""; ""Preface to the Second Edition""; ""Preface to the Third Edition""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Part 1: Basics""; ""1. Travelers and their Destinations""; ""2. Epidemiology of Health Risks in Travelers""; ""3. Principles of Pretravel Counseling""; ""4. Legal Issues""; ""5. Basics of Immunization""; ""6. Basics of Malaria Prophylaxis""; ""7. Options for Self-Therapy and Travel Medicine Kit""; ""8. Water Disinfection""; ""9. General Strategies in Environment-Related Special Risks"" ; ""A. Duration of Exposure""""B. Essentials of Aviation Medicine""; ""C. Essentials of Maritime Medicine""; ""D. The Hajj: Pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia""; ""10. General Strategies in Host-Related Special Risks""; ""A. Principles of Migration Medicine""; ""B. Female and Pregnant Travelers""; ""C. Male Travelers: Corporate Travelers""; ""D. Infants and Children""; ""E. Parents Planning International Adoption""; ""F. Athletes""; ""G. Preexisting Health Conditions and Elderly Travelers""; ""H. HIV Infection and Other Immunodeficiencies""; ""I. Handicapped Travelers""; ""J. Pets"" ; ""Part 2: Infectious Health Risks and their Prevention""""Angiostrongyliasis""; ""Anthrax""; ""Arenaviral Hemorrhagic Fevers""; ""Avian Influenza""; ""Bartonellosis""; ""Botulism""; ""Brucellosis""; ""Chikungunya""; ""Cholera""; ""Dengue""; ""Dermatologic Infections""; ""Diphtheria""; ""Dracunculiasis""; ""Ebola Fever""; ""Echinococcosis""; ""Fasciola Hepatica""; ""Filariasis""; ""Filovirus Infections""; ""Gnathostomiasis""; ""Hantavirus""; ""Hepatitis""; ""Hepatitis A""; ""Hepatitis B""; ""Hepatitis C""; ""Delta Hepatitis""; ""Hepatitis E""; ""Hepatitis G""; ""Human Immunodeficiency Virus"" ; ""Influenza, Seasonal""""Japanese Encephalitis""; ""Lassa Fever""; ""Legionellosis""; ""Leishmaniasis""; ""Leprosy""; ""Leptospirosis""; ""Lyme Borreliosis""; ""Malaria""; ""Measles""; ""Meningococcal Meningitis""; ""Monkeypox""; ""Norovirus/Norwalk Agent Disease""; ""Pertussis""; ""Plague""; ""Poliomyelitis""; ""Rabies""; ""Relapsing Fever""; ""Respiratory Tract Infection""; ""Rickettsial Infections""; ""Rift Valley Fever""; ""Sandfly Fever""; ""Schistosomiasis""; ""Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome""; ""Sexually Transmitted Diseases""; ""Smallpox""; ""Soil-Transmitted Helminths"" ; ""Tetanus""""Tick-Borne Encephalitis""; ""Travelers' Diarrhea""; ""Trypanosomiasis, American (Chagas Disease)""; ""Trypanosomiasis, African (African Sleeping Sickness)""; ""Tuberculosis""; ""Tularemia""; ""Typhoid Fever""; ""Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease""; ""Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers, Other""; ""West Nile Virus""; ""Yellow Fever""; ""Part 3: Noninfectious Health Risks and their Prevention""; ""Accidents""; ""Altitude""; ""Animal Bites and Stings""; ""Antarctic and Arctic Travel""; ""Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism""; ""Dermatologic Problems""; ""Diving"" ; ""In-Flight Incidents""
• Titolo autorizzato: Manual of travel medicine and health
• ISBN: 1-282-27426-0; 9786612274268; 1-60795-072-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826769303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II