Editorial Review:

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.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

travel information:

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.:

Indispensable. It is intended for professionals. Not to be followed without medical consultation.
Lya A. MD

Good transaction:

CDC Health Information for International Travel 2008 (Health Information for International Travel) Good reference material. Easy to use.

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