Effects of age and gender on success and death of mountaineers on Mount Everest

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 498-500

  Huey, Raymond B ^a   Salisbury, Richard ^b   Wang, Jane Ling ^c   Mao, Meng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Hypoxia; Mountaineering; Senescence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOUNTAINEERING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOUNTAINEERING; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 35548934179     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0317     Document Type: Article

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