High altitude maladies: Recent trends in medical management

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 61-64

  Selvamurthy, W ^a   Basu, C K ^a  

^a DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; COLD INJURY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FREE RADICALS; FROSTBITE; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; PULMONARY EDEMA;

EID: 0032254048     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004840050085     Document Type: Article

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