Gastrointestinal function

High Altitude: Human Adaptation to Hypoxia

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 253-270

  Hamad, Noor ^a   Travis, Simon ^b  

^a Perranporth Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84929671965     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-8772-2_13     Document Type: Chapter

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