Who should not go high: Chronic disease and work at altitude during construction of the Qinghai-Tibet railroad

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 88-107

  Wu, Tian Yi ^a,b   Shou, Quan Ding ^c   Jin, Liang Liu ^c   Man, Tang Yu ^b   Jian, Hou Jia ^c   Zuo, Chuan Chai ^c   Rui, Chen Dai ^c   Sheng, Lin Zhang ^c   Bao, Yu Li ^d   Pan, Lei ^d   Bao, Zhu Liang ^e   Ji, Zhui Zhao ^e   De, Tang Qi ^e   Yong, Fu Sun ^e   Kayser, Bengt ^f  

^a Physiological Research Group of the Ministry of Railroad   (China)

^b High Altitude Med Res Institute   (China)

^c Qinghai Tibet Railroad Hospitals of the Construction Company   (China)

^d Ministry of China Railway   (China)

^e China Railroad Construction Company   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Contraindication; High altitude; Indication; Physician's role; Preexisting disorders; Qinghai Tibet

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; CLOPIDOGREL; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG USE; EMPLOYABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EDEMA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAILROADS; TIBET;

EID: 34347215147     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2007.1015     Document Type: Article

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