Frostbite in a mountain climber treated with hyperbaric oxygen: Case report

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 560-563

  Folio, Les Roger ^a   Arkin, Keren ^a   Butler, William P ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLD INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MOUNTAINEERING;

EID: 34248593196     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.5.560     Document Type: Article

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