Self-assessment of acute mountain sickness in adolescents: A pilot study

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 202-206

  Imray, Christopher H E ^a   Kennedy, Caroline H ^b   Pattinson, Kyle ^c   Brearey, Stephen ^d   Wright, Alex ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b King Henry VIII School   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute mountain sickness; Adolescents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAKE LOUISE SCORING SYSTEM; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; TRAVEL;

EID: 4544231617     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(2004)15[202:SOAMSI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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