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Manual of Travel Medicine

By J. , Yung , A. and Leder , K. and Torresi , J. and Ruff , T. and O’Brien , D. and Starr , M. and Black

Book information

Publisher
IP Communications
Year
2011
ISBN
0980864968, 9780980864960
Google Books ID
qFBTAwAAQBAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7702900 bytes)
Edition
3rd Edition
Pages
441\441
Time added
2015-01-10 09:13:17

Description

In this third edition of Manual of Travel Medicine, Australasian healthcare professionals will continue to find the information and advice they need to care for travellers.The Manual is structured as follows: principles of pre-travel healthcare; immunisation; prevention and management of malaria; prevention and management of travellers’ diarrhoea; specific infectious and non-infectious conditions; travellers with specific needs; andhealth issues in returned travellers. Recommendations for common travel destinations and immunisation and malaria recommendations by country are summarised.For this edition:all original chapters have been reviewed and updated;a chapter, ‘Health issues in returned travellers’, which focuses on the more common and important illnesses and their presentations, has been added;information about and recommendations for the use of new vaccines has been added; 15 of the 21 infection-distribution maps are now printed in full colour; andMike Starr and Jim Black have joined the author team.For doctors, nurses, and pharmacists, this third edition of the Manual will continue to prove a practical, user-friendly, and authoritative desk-top reference.

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