Health problems in high mountain conditions;Problemy zdrowotne w warunkach wysokogórskich

Polski Merkuriusz Lekarski

Volumn 25, Issue 146, 2008, Pages 161-165

  Korzeniewski, K ^a  

^a MILITARY INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Health problems; Hypobaria; Hypothermia; Hypoxia

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA;

ALTITUDE SICKNESS; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA;

EID: 51349162062     PISSN: 14269686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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