Children at high altitude: An international consensus statement by an ad hoc committee of the International Society for Mountain Medicine, March 12, 2001

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 389-401

  Pollard, A J ^a   Durmowicz, A ^a   Durrer, B ^a   Eldridge, M ^a   Hackett, P ^a   Jean, D ^a   Kriemler, S ^a   Litch, J A ^a   Murdoch, D ^a   Nickol, A ^a   Richalet, J P ^a   Niermeyer, S ^a   Roach, R ^a   Shlim, D R ^a   Wiget, U ^a   Yaron, M ^a   Zubieta Castillo, Sr ^a   Zubieta Calleja, ^a   Barry, P ^a   Bartsch P ^a   Berghold, F ^a   Bishop, R A ^a   Clarke, C ^a   Dhillon, S ^a   Dietz, T E ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; CHINA; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY; ENVIRONMENT; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICINE; NEPAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIETY; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SUN EXPOSURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

ALTITUDE SICKNESS; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PULMONARY EDEMA; TRAVEL;

EID: 0035189787     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/15270290152608561     Document Type: Article

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