Incidence of acute mountain sickness in adolescents

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 221-224

  Dallimore, Jon ^a   Rowbotham, Emma C ^b  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute mountain sickness; Adolescents

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 70350507085     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/07-WEME-OR-119R3.1     Document Type: Article

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