Everest 1953, first ascent: A clinical record

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-37

  Ward, Michael P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Adequate hydration; Deterioration; Extreme fatigue; Frostbite; High altitude; Hypothermia; Supplementary oxygen

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CLIMATE; COLD EXPOSURE; EQUIPMENT; EUROPE; FLUID INTAKE; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYDRATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOUNTAINEERING; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SPRING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037366744     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152702903321488951     Document Type: Article

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