Trips to the South—a Health Hazard: Morbidity of Finnish Travellers
- 1 December 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 15 (4) , 375-381
- https://doi.org/10.3109/inf.1983.15.issue-4.08
Abstract
In all, 2665 Finns chosen at random who had made short visits to Spain and her islands, to North Africa or to Thailand, or who had taken an around-the-world tour or a West African cruise were asked to answer a questionnaire concerning the state of their health while abroad. One-third (33%) reported they were ill or had been ill; 48% had had some health complaint during the trip which in 93% lasted for 2 weeks or less. The most common health problems were diarrhoea (18%), sunburn (10%), upper respiratory symptoms with or without headache or fever (10%), insect stings (3%), and problems related to excessive consumption of alcohol (1.5%). 7% deemed it possible that they had contracted a venereal disease. The incidence of the complaints varied with the geographical area visited. It is concluded that mass tourism is accompanied by a morbidity whose dimensions are far from fully recognized.This publication has 30 references indexed in Scilit:
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