Acute mountain sickness: Influence of fluid intake

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 215-220

  Nerín, Maria Antonia ^a   Palop, Jorge ^b   Montaño, Juan Antonio ^a   Morandeira, José Ramón ^c   Vázquez, Manuel ^d  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b EMMOE from Jaca   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Altitude sickness; Dehydration; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FLUID INTAKE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDRATION; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; URINE VOLUME;

EID: 33846329743     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(2006)17[215:AMSIOF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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