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Does it matter where I go?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

G. Melvyn Howe
G. Melvyn Howe
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
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Synopsis

Environmental hazards present themselves in different parts of the world. Hurricanes plague the Caribbean, typhoons sweep the China Seas and cyclones rage in the Bay of Bengal. Volcanoes erupt and the earth quivers in a circumpacific belt, in northern India, Soviet Central Asia, Turkey, Italy, etc. Extremes of heat and cold promote adverse reactions in the skin. Diseases of insanitation (enteric fevers, dysentery, cholera, etc.) are prevalent in tropical countries with low standards of hygiene; insect-borne diseases (malaria, yellow fever, filariasis, etc.) are common in certain warm countries. Prior warning of these dangers and appropriate health safeguards (vaccination, inoculation) should be obligatory.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 82 , Issue 1-2: Travel: Disease and Other Hazards , 1982 , pp. 75 - 96
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1982

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