Subjective sleep quality alterations at high altitude

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 305-310

  Szymczak, Robert K ^a   Sitek, Emilia J ^a,b   Sławek, Jarosław W ^a,b   Basiński, Andrzej ^a   Siemiński, Mariusz ^a   Wieczorek, Dariusz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b ST ADALBERT HOSPITAL   (Poland)

Author keywords

Altitude; Hypoxia; Insomnia; Mountaineering; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75449085695     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032-020.004.0305     Document Type: Article

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