Acute gastroenteritis, video camera and cruise ship
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Acute gastroenteritis, video camera and cruise ship.
Sir, the recent report on acute gastroenteritis, video camera and cruise ship is very interesting [1]. Diskin et al. [1] discussed on the use of “surveillance video cameras” as a possible mean to manage the problem. At present, the gastroenteritis on cruise ships becomes a new concern in travel medicine due to increased prevalence [2]. In fact, the port control of the immigrant with infectious ...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Maritime Health
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2081-3252,1641-9251
DOI: 10.5603/imh.2014.0021