Motion sickness

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Key articles

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC Yellow Book 2024: health information for international travel. Section 8: Travel by air, land & sea - motion sickness. May 2023 [internet publication].Full text

Spinks AB, Wasiak J. Scopolamine (hyoscine) for preventing and treating motion sickness. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011;(6):CD002851.Full text  Abstract

Reference articles

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