Smoking, acute mountain sickness and altitude acclimatisation: A cohort study

Thorax

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 914-919

  Wu, Tian Yi ^a,b,c   Ding, Shou Quan ^d   Liu, Jin Liang ^d   Jia, Jian Hou ^d   Chai, Zuo Chun ^d   Dai, Rui Chen ^d   Zhao, Ji Zhui ^e   De Tang, Qi ^e   Kayser, Bengt ^f  

^a Physiological Research Group of the Ministry of Railroad   (China)

^b National Key Laboratory of High Altitude Medicine   (China)

^c University of Tibet   (China)

^d Qingai Tibet Railroad Hospitals of the Construction Company   (China)

^e China Communication Construction Company   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; OCCUPATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYCYTHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 84866078075     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200623     Document Type: Article

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