Acute Mountain Sickness: Is There a Lag Period before Symptoms?

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 669-677

  Gonzales, Gustavo F ^a   Villena, Arturo ^a   Aparicio, Ramon ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b Football Peruvian Federation   (Peru)

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EID: 0345238497     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6300(1998)10:5<669::aid-ajhb13>3.0.co;2-6     Document Type: Article

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