Travelers health: An emerging issue

被引：1

作者：

Kumar, Gunjan ^{[1
]}

Seth, Gaurav ^{[2
]}

Goel, Manish Kumar ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Lady Hardinge Med Coll & Hosp, Dept Community Med, New Delhi, India

[2] Lady Hardinge Med Coll & Hosp, Dept Med, New Delhi, India

来源：

INDIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SPECIALITIES | 2015年 / 6卷 / 01期

关键词：

Travelers health; Emporiatrics; Travel medicine;

D O I：

10.1016/j.injms.2015.03.002

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

Tourism in India is a large industry. International travel and commerce is here to stay and continue their global expansion. With increase in the travel trend, comes various health risks to the travelers. Children, pregnant women, older age group, people with pre-existing diseases, adventurers and sex travelers are particularly vulnerable. This is where travel medicine or emporiatrics come into light. It encompasses a wide variety of disciplines including epidemiology, infectious disease, public health, tropical medicine, high altitude physiology, travel related obstetrics, psychiatry, occupational medicine, military and migration medicine, and environmental health. In this article an attempt has been made to describe the various health risks to the travelers, their occurrence and how they can be prevented. Copyright (C) 2015, Indian Journal of Medical Specialities. Published by Reed Elsevier India Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：20 / 25

页数：6