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Acute mountain sickness.
PMID: 5782719 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Cited by 23 PubMed Central articles
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ReviewAltitude illness.
Barry PW, Pollard AJ.
BMJ. 2003 Apr 26; 326(7395):915-9.
[BMJ. 2003]
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Subarachnoid hemorrhage at high altitude.
Litch JA, Basnyat B, Zimmerman M.
West J Med. 1997 Sep; 167(3):180-1.
[West J Med. 1997]
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Effect of altitude on spirometric parameters and the performance of peak flow meters.
Pollard AJ, Mason NP, Barry PW, Pollard RC, Collier DJ, Fraser RS, Miller MR, Milledge JS.
Thorax. 1996 Feb; 51(2):175-8.
[Thorax. 1996]
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