Awareness of altitude sickness among a sample of trekkers in Nepal

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 132-138

  Glazer, James L ^a,d   Edgar, Craig ^b   Siegel, Matthew S ^c  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Division of Sports Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude sickness; High altitude; Travel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; REVIEW; TRAVEL;

EID: 25644448230     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/PR18-04.1     Document Type: Article

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