Everest or bust: A cross sectional, epidemiological study of acute mountain sickness at 4243 meters in the Himalayas

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 867-873

  Basnyat, Buddha ^a   Lemaster, Joe ^b   Litch, James A ^b  

^a NEPAL INTERNATIONAL CLINIC   (Nepal)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acute mountain sickness; Himalayas; Hydration; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPAL; OXYGEN SATURATION; RISK FACTOR;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUSALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEPAL; OXIMETRY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032744418     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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