Validation of a shortened electronic version of the environmental symptoms questionnaire

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 192-199

  Beidleman, Beth A ^a   Muza, Stephen R ^a   Fulco, Charles S ^a   Rock, Paul B ^b   Cymerman, Allen ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute mountain sickness; Altitude; Moderate altitude residents; Paper and pencil questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL SYMPTOMS QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; COLORADO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34548647614     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2007.1016     Document Type: Article

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