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Written by R.C.Verbist, C.Schlaich
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Port medicine as a multidisciplinary field is rarely connected to University Departments. Traditionally Port Hospitals have been connected to research units in Tropical Health. Nowadays, some port clinics are connected to Research Units in Occupational Health. Port medical practices should actively seek the collaboration with research units to perform data analysis or further studies on general topics of the health of seafarers and to publish data. Ideally port maritime physician are to join a professional association which deals with issues of maritime medicine to familiarize themselves with current publications in travel and maritime health among others.
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13.|12 Research in Port Medicine
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