Acute mountain sickness: Clinical characteristics of a cohort of 615 patients;Mal de montaña agudo: Características clínicas de una cohorte de 615 enfermos

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 441-445

  Serrano Dueñas, Marcos ^a  

^a NONE   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Acute mountain sickness; Altitude sickness; Neurogenic mountain sickness; Sickness due to low atmospheric pressure

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034649027     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0025-7753(00)71587-9     Document Type: Article

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