High altitude pilgrimage medicine

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 434-439

  Basnyat, Buddha ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

altitude illness; medical problems; pilgrims; religion; South Asia

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; SAFETY; AGE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; FEMALE; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRATION; NEPAL; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAVEL;

AGE FACTORS; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; NEPAL; RELIGION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84919635020     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: 15578682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2014.1088     Document Type: Article

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