Measuring mountain maladies

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 171-172

  Roach, Robert ^a,c   Kayser, Bengt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; HUMANS; MOUNTAINEERING; RESEARCH DESIGN; TRAVEL;

EID: 34548657486     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2007.8301     Document Type: Editorial

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