Pharmacological prevention of acute mountain sickness

BMJ

Volumn 322, Issue 7277, 2001, Pages 48-

  Hackett, Peter ^a   Bärtsch, Peter ^b   Schneider, Michael ^b   Dumont, L ^a   Tramer M R ^c   Mardirosoff, C ^d  

^a University Hospital ^*

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d Sud Léman Valserine General Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE;

ALTITUDE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; LETTER; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0035814595     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.322.7277.48     Document Type: Letter

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