eMedicine - Wilderness And Travel Medicine
Overview and introduction to the field of Wilderness Medicine
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Title: eMedicine - Wilderness and Travel Medicine : Article by Bret A Nicks, MD
Description: Wilderness and Travel Medicine - Travel and wilderness medicine are rapidly evolving fields of medicine that are becoming increasingly more important in this era of globalization and wilderness exploration. Classically, travel medicine focused on individuals traveling to countries outside the United States with prevention and treatment of malaria, traveler's diarrhea, and general vaccinations as its primary goal. Travel medicine is a dynamic multidisciplinary specialty that encompasses aspects of infectious disease, public health, tropical medicine, and wilderness medicine. Often, the resources ...
Keywords: wilderness and travel medicine public health tropical medicine wilderness medicine malaria travelers diarrhea general vaccinations vaccinations before travel travel illnesses adventure travel ecotourism exotic disease overseas travel travel-related diseases travel-related illness cruise ship medicine
