Acute mountain sickness in the Southern Alps of New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 1065, 1998, Pages 168-169

  Murdoch, David R ^a   Curry, Chris ^b  

^a CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^b CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032495880     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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