Mountain sickness knowledge among foreign travelers in Cuzco, Peru

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-29

  Merritt, Andrew L ^a   Camerlengo, Anne ^a   Meyer, Carinne ^a   Mull, J Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute mountain sickness; Altitude sickness; AMS; Health survey; Peru; Travel

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE;

ALTITUDE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PERU; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOURISM; TRAVEL; VACCINATION;

EID: 34047193750     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/06-WEME-OR-013R.1     Document Type: Article

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