Travelling to new heights: Practical high altitude medicine

British Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 348-352

  Plant, Tracie ^a   Aref Adib, Golnar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S MILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 48249108726     PISSN: 17508460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hmed.2008.69.6.29626     Document Type: Review

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