Healthy Travel: Essential Medical Knowledge for International Travel

Author: Chen Liang Gong
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: Have you heard of medical terms like travel medicine, economy class syndrome, altitude sickness, and motion sickness? The four units—“Go Out and Explore,” “Where Do You Want to Go,” “Stay Healthy on the Go,” and “Health Passport”—provide essential travel medicine knowledge. They cover local environmental health assessments and disease prevention, health risks associated with air travel and water-based transportation, and care tips for children, pregnant women, women during their menstrual period, the elderly, and chronic disease patients! This book introduces the medical knowledge, local environments, health assessments, disease prevention, and health risks of air travel and water-based transportation through four units. It particularly provides detailed guidance on caring for children, pregnant women, women during their menstrual period, the elderly, and chronic disease patients, making it a comprehensive travel medicine handbook for those planning to travel abroad.