Evidence-based acute and long-lasting effects of climatotherapy in moderate altitudes and on the seaside: A qualitative review;Klimatherapie im Hochgebirge und im Meeresklima Evidente Akut- und Langzeiteffekte ein qualitativer Review

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 135-139

  Schuh, A ^a   Nowak, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; climate therapy; climatotherapy; heliotherapy; moderate altitude; North Sea; thalassotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CLIMATOTHERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; PHOTOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SEASHORE; THALASSOTHERAPY;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLIMATOTHERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NEURODERMATITIS; NORTH SEA; OSTEOPOROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79251478756     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: 14394413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1272496     Document Type: Review

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