Infections among cruise passengers
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Significant injury in cruise ship passengers a case series.
BACKGROUND The attention placed on cruise ship infectious epidemics has helped create important preventive strategies in improving food handling, sanitation, and overall cruise ship medical care. However, the incidence of serious injury in cruise ship passengers has never been fully described. In 2006, there was an increase in the number of cruise ship passengers receiving medical care at a Lev...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0300-8126,1439-0973
DOI: 10.1007/bf01644454