title: Mapping the knowledge base for maritime health: 1 historical perspective.
abstract: There have been major developments in the understanding of disease and its treatment in the last 150  years. The development of the knowledge base on patterns of disease and injury in seafarers and on the  effectiveness of intervention to prevent and treat them indicates the sorts of information that were collected  and the settings in which it was possible to collect it. They also show how it has been used, as well  as the reactions of those in the maritime sector to the collection and analysis of health information and to  its use as a means of reducing harm.
authors.affiliation: Norwegian Centre for Maritime Medicine, Department of Occupational Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. Tim.carter@mcga.gov.uk
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Carter
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002908:Chronic Disease; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods*; D038622:Internationality; D051188:Knowledge Bases; D016272:Occupational Health; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012767:Ships / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006113:United Kingdom