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INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL HEALTH GUIDE
International Travel Health Guide
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Thirteenth Edition

By
Stuart Rose, MD, FACEP, Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
Jay Keystone, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto; Staff Physician, Center for Travel and Tropical Medicine, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

Description
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.

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


Bibliographic details
Paperback, 784 pages, publication date: DEC-2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-04050-1
ISBN-10: 0-323-04050-0
Imprint: MOSBY


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