TY - JOUR
T1 - Health hazards reported by international travelers
AU - Licciardone, John C.
PY - 1999/4
Y1 - 1999/4
N2 - International travel projections suggest that physicians will be increasingly involved in counseling their traveling patients on the prevention of health hazards. A mail survey of 121 returning international travelers indicated that their leading problems involved drinking water (odds ratio [OR], 19.4; 95% confidence interval [CI], 9.6 to 39.1), sanitation (OR, 13.8; 95% CI, 6.9 to 27.5), jet lag (OR, 12.4; 95% CI, 6.2 to 24.6), and food (OR, 9.5; 95% CI, 4.8 to 18.8). Medication for treatment of travelers' diarrhea and countermeasures for jet lag were not significantly associated with better outcomes. Compliance with malaria chemoprophylaxis was greater than previously reported.
AB - International travel projections suggest that physicians will be increasingly involved in counseling their traveling patients on the prevention of health hazards. A mail survey of 121 returning international travelers indicated that their leading problems involved drinking water (odds ratio [OR], 19.4; 95% confidence interval [CI], 9.6 to 39.1), sanitation (OR, 13.8; 95% CI, 6.9 to 27.5), jet lag (OR, 12.4; 95% CI, 6.2 to 24.6), and food (OR, 9.5; 95% CI, 4.8 to 18.8). Medication for treatment of travelers' diarrhea and countermeasures for jet lag were not significantly associated with better outcomes. Compliance with malaria chemoprophylaxis was greater than previously reported.
KW - Drinking water
KW - Food
KW - International travel
KW - Jet lag
KW - Malaria
KW - Sanitation
KW - Travelers' diarrhea
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0032953714&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.7556/jaoa.1999.99.4.206
DO - 10.7556/jaoa.1999.99.4.206
M3 - Article
C2 - 10327805
AN - SCOPUS:0032953714
SN - 0098-6151
VL - 99
SP - 206
EP - 208
JO - Journal of the American Osteopathic Association
JF - Journal of the American Osteopathic Association
IS - 4
ER -