Mini review of high altitude health problems in Ladakh

Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 220-225

  Norboo, T ^a   Saiyed, H N ^b   Angchuk, P T ^c   Tsering, P ^c   Angchuk, S T ^c   Phuntsog, S T ^c   Yahya, M ^c   Wood, Steve ^d   Bruce, N G ^e   Ball, K P ^f  

^a Ladakh Heart Foundation   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (India)

^c SNM Hospital   (India)

^d KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute mountain sickness (AMS); High altitude cerebral edema (HACE); High altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE)

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ALTITUDE DISEASE; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; DESERT; HIGH ALTITUDE CEREBRAL EDEMA; HIGH ALTITUDE PULMONARY EDEMA; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; POLLUTION; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PULMONARY EDEMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 2942589297     PISSN: 07533322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2004.02.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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