Food for high-altitude expeditions: Pugh got it right in 1954 - A commentary on the report by L.G.C.E. Pugh: "Himalayan rations with special reference to the 1953 expedition to Mount Everest"

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-124

  Askew, E Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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ALTITUDE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CAREER; FLOW RATE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INTAKE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 2942530308     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(2004)015[0121:ffhepg]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Review

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