Going high with type 1 diabetes

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-21

  Leal, Conxita ^a,b  

^a Inst d'Estudis de Med de Muntanya   (Spain)

^b Centre Medic Factor Fisic   (Spain)

Author keywords

Altitude; Altitude illnesses; Climbing; Ketoacidosis; Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; DEATH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; EXPERIENCE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MEAL; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; MOUNTAINEERING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKILL; TEAMWORK; TRAVEL;

ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MOUNTAINEERING; RISK FACTORS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 17344372702     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2005.6.14     Document Type: Review

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