Prelude to everest: Alexander M. Kellas and the 1920 high altitude scientific expedition to Kamet

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 364-379

  Rodway, George W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; DEATH; HISTORY; MOUNTAINEERING; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SUPPLEMENTATION; TRAVEL;

EID: 5644236841     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2004.5.364     Document Type: Article

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