Tropical medicine and travel medicine: medical advice for aviation medical examiners concerning flight operations in tropical areas

Medical stress factors in the tropics include the climate itself, factors related to travel (jet lag, means of transport), insects, low standards of hygiene, infectious diseases, socio-economic problems, and psychosocial stress. This chapter from the Joint Aviation Authority Aviation Medical Regulat...

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Published in:Aviation, space, and environmental medicine space, and environmental medicine, 2005-03, Vol.76 (3 Suppl), p.A1-A30
Main Authors: Siedenburg, Jorg, Perry, Ian, Stüben, Uwe
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aerospace Medicine - methods
Bacterial Infections - prevention & control
Humans
Insect Bites and Stings - prevention & control
Parasitic Diseases - prevention & control
Patient Education as Topic - methods
Preventive Medicine - methods
Travel
Tropical Climate
Tropical Medicine - methods
Vaccination - methods
Virus Diseases - prevention & control
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Summary:Medical stress factors in the tropics include the climate itself, factors related to travel (jet lag, means of transport), insects, low standards of hygiene, infectious diseases, socio-economic problems, and psychosocial stress. This chapter from the Joint Aviation Authority Aviation Medical Regulations explores these stresses as they relate to aircrew and the aviation medical examiners who treat them.
ISSN:0095-6562