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CDC Health Information for International Travel 2008 |  | Creators: Paul M. Arguin MD, Phyllis E. Kozarsky MD, Christie Reed
Publisher: Mosby
Category: Book
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 444237
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 648
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 0323048854
Dewey Decimal Number: 614
EAN: 9780323048859
ASIN: 0323048854
Publication Date: May 15, 2007
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Product Description
Widely known as "The Yellow Book," this concise and user-friendly resource equips both travelers and physicians with essential information on preventing, recognizing, and managing travel-related health problems. Since it comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - the leading authority on infectious disease, public health, and infection control in the U.S. - you can count on it for all the guidance you need to minimize the health risks and discomforts of travel, from immunizations and jet lag to infections and food poisoning.
- Get dependable advice on any travel health issue from the experts at the CDC, including vaccinations, trip planning and safety tips, health and infection hazards associated with various geographic regions, prevention of a full range of specific infectious diseases, jet lag, motion sickness, sunburn, animal bites, and much more.
- Make travel plans suited to your specific needs whether you are a disabled or immunocompromised traveler, traveling with infants and young children, while pregnant or breastfeeding, or for international adoptions.
- Easily see which health risks are most prevalent in a given area thanks to user-friendly color maps.
- Understand what you need to know with content that's written for general audiences as well as physicians.
- Be aware of the latest risks associated with avian flu, yellow fever, poliomyelitis and malaria, as well as the most current vaccination guidelines.
- Find the answers you need faster than ever thanks to "topic tabs", and key reference citations throughout the book.
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CDC yellow book review February 26, 2010
D (Florida)
This 2010 CDC Yellow Book arrived promptly and in perfect condition. The information within the book is clear and concise, easy to read.
Indispensable for professionals; helpful for consumers who travel December 9, 2009
Robert C. Ross (New Jersey)
One of the great joys of my life is travel, especially to unusual locations. I purchase this book every five years or so just to keep up on the health risks in various countries around the world, and always find it interesting reading.
Before a trip to Peru two years ago, for example, we learned about acute mountain sickness and the bites of parasitic sand flies. We packed a prescription drug for the mountain sickness, and drank lots of apple juice (a remedy we learned about at Mesa Verde years ago). The apple juice worked its magic and we threw the prescription drugs away last year when the dating expired. Deet pretty much handled the sand flies and we had a wonderful travel experience.
The CDC home page is a great source of current information; this book gives you specific locations to check for many destinations to be sure the user has current information.
It's also wise to double check the US Department of State website, and the even more useful British government site maintained by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
It's all good preventative medicine, and helps keep an rewarding travel experience even more satisfying.
Robert C. Ross 2009
travel information April 5, 2008
Charlotte Perez (Ohio)
I am a nurse who is presently at a clinic that does travel shots for the people going out of the country. This book is very informative and helpful. I use it all the time.
CDC Health Information for International Travel. August 25, 2007
Lya Auslaender (Haifa Israel)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Indispensable. It is intended for professionals. Not to be followed without medical consultation.
Lya A. MD
Good transaction July 3, 2007
Charlene Copple (Kearney, NE USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
CDC Health Information for International Travel 2008 (Health Information for International Travel) Good reference material. Easy to use.
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