The pilgrim at high altitude

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 183-184

  Basnyat, Buddha ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE;

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDITORIAL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LUNG EDEMA; MOUNTAINEERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; THERAPEUTIC ERROR;

ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; HUMANS; MOUNTAINEERING; RELIGION;

EID: 33846478833     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2006.7.183     Document Type: Editorial

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