Leggat, Peter A., and Wilks, Jeff (2013) Travellers' safety and security. In: Zuckerman, Jane N., (ed.) Principles and Practice of Travel Medicine. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK, pp. 588-600.

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[Extract] Most travellers visit their general practitioner or travel clinics with thoughts of vaccinations and prophylaxis against exotic tropical and travel-related diseases. The most common causes of serious morbidity and of mortality in travellers, however, relate to accidents, injury and pre-existing illness, especially cardiovascular disease in older travellers [1-6]. The risk of severe injury is thought to be greater for people when travelling abroad [7]. An understanding of the epidemiology of travel-related injuries and serious illnesses can help stimulate attempts to prevent adverse outcomes of foreign trips. Indeed, it has been claimed, 'injuries are not accidents'. [5] Experts have suggested that injuries are predictable events that are amenable to scientifically founded intervention strategies [5].

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