Incidence of high altitude illnesses among unacclimatized persons who acutely ascended to tibet

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-42

  Ren, Yusheng ^a   Fu, Zhongming ^b,c   Shen, Weimin ^d   Jiang, Ping ^c   He, Yanlin ^b   Peng, Shaojun ^b   Wu, Zonggui ^a   Cui, Bo ^e  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b 8th Hospital of PLA   (China)

^c Department of Medicine   (China)

^d 41st Hospital of PLA   (China)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acute mountain illnesses; incidence; Tibet

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VOMITING; ACCLIMATIZATION; AIRCRAFT; APPETITE; CHINA; FATIGUE; STATISTICS; TRAVEL;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADOLESCENT; AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; APPETITE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PULMONARY EDEMA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIBET; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954725542     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2009.1049     Document Type: Article

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