Statistical models of acute mountain sickness

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-42

  Vann, Richard D ^a   Pollock, Neal W ^a   Pieper, Carl F ^a   Murdoch, David R ^b   Muza, Stephen R ^c   Natoli, Michael J ^a   Wang, Luke Y ^a,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Acetazolamide; Altitude; Lake Louise; Probability

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOUNTAINEERING; NEPAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 17344368680     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2005.6.32     Document Type: Article

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