Epidemiology of acute mountain sickness on Jade Mountain, Taiwan: An annual prospective observational study

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-49

  Wang, Shih Hao ^a,b   Chen, Yu Cheng ^a,b   Kao, Wei Fong ^c,d   Lin, Yu Jr ^e   Chen, Jih Chang ^a,b   Chiu, Te Fa ^a,b   Hsu, Tai Yi ^a,b   Chen, Hang Cheng ^a,b   Liu, Shih Wei ^d  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

acclimatization; acute mountain sickness; expeditions to high altitude; high altitude medicine; intermittent exposure to high altitude

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; TAIWAN; WEAKNESS; ADULT; AGE; MOUNTAINEERING; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; WEATHER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP DISORDERS; TAIWAN; WEATHER;

EID: 77954728192     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2009.1063     Document Type: Article

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