Working at high altitude: Medical problems, misconceptions, and solutions

Observatory

Volumn 124, Issue 1178, 2004, Pages 1-14

  West, John B ^a   Readhead, Anthony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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