A pilot study on the prevalence of acute mountain sickness at the sikh pilgrimage of Hemkund Sahib in the Indian Himalayas

Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 12-15

  Sahota, Inderjeet S ^a   Panwar, Nidhi S ^a  

^a A Thousand Metres above Foundation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute Mountain Sickness; altitude physiology; Hemkund Sahib; pilgrimage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; INDIA; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PULSE RATE;

EID: 84883326765     PISSN: 09732284     EISSN: 19983670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5278.116366     Document Type: Article

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