Acute mountain sickness in children at 4380 meters in the himalayas

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 359-363

  Pradhan, Santosh ^a,b   Yadav, Sanjay ^a   Neupane, Pritam ^a,b   Subedi, Prajan ^a,b  

^a Mountain Medicine Society of Nepal   (Nepal)

^b Himalayan Rescue Association   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 75449098838     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032-020.004.0359     Document Type: Article

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