Frostbite: Epidemiology at high altitude in the Karakoram mountains

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 91-95

  Hashmi, M A ^a,b   Rashid, Mamoon ^a   Haleem, A ^a   Bokhari, S A H ^a   Hussain, Tahir ^a  

^a ARMY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Freezing cold injury; Frostbite; High altitude related problems

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; COLD INJURY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FOOT INJURY; HAND INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUNTAINEERING; NECK INJURY; PAKISTAN; PERINEUM INJURY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKING; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; FROSTBITE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 0031907455     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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