Evaluation of diagnostic criteria and incidence of acute mountain sickness in preverbal children

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 21-26

  Yaron, Michael ^a   Niermeyer, Susan ^b   Lindgren, Kjell Norwood ^b   Honigman, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute mountain sickness; Altitude; Infant; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE DISEASE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENT; PLAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP;

EID: 0036131083     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(2002)013[0021:EODCAI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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