New-onset anxiety disorders at high altitude

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 312-316

  Fagenholz, Peter J ^a,d   Murray, Alice F ^b,d   Gutman, Jonathan A ^c,d   Findley, John K ^a   Harris, N Stuart ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Pheriche Clinic

Author keywords

Altitude sickness; Anxiety; Anxiety disorder; Mountaineering; Panic

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE;

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FOREIGN STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; NEPAL; PANIC; SPRING;

EID: 37449023599     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/07-WEME-BR-102R1.1     Document Type: Article

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