Are we doing our best to educate travelers about the risks of acute mountain sickness? An on-site prospective study in the Himalayas

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 168-172

  Paz, Alona ^a   Steinfeld, Irena ^a   Potasman, Israel ^a  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NAUSEA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAVEL; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; NEPAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 34247126065     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2007.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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