Mountain sickness;Höhenkrankheiten

Deutsche Zeitschrift fur Sportmedizin

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 396-400

  Bärtsch, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute mountain sickness; High altitude pulmonary edema; Pathophysiology; Prevention; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444297748     PISSN: 03445925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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