Concept information
Preferred term
Travel Medicine
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Emporiatric Medicine
- Medicine, Emporiatric
Note
- the specialty; TRAVEL-RELATED ILLNESS is also available; do not confuse with TRAVEL NURSING - nursing practice in which nurses travel to work in temporary positions
Scope note
- Multidisciplinary field focusing on prevention of infectious diseases and patient safety during international TRAVEL. Key element of patient's pre-travel visit to the physician is a health risk assessment.
History note
- 2010; for MEDICINE, EMPORIATRIC & EMPORIATRICS use TRAVEL 1993-2009
In other languages
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Finnish
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D057236
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