Environmental conditions at the South Col of Mount Everest and their impact on hypoxia and hypothermia experienced by mountaineers

BACKGROUND: Hypoxia and hypothermia are acknowledged risk factors for those who venture into high-altitude regions. There is, however, little in situ data that can be used to quantify these risks. Here, we use 7 months of continuous meteorological data collected at the South Col of Mount Everest (el...

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Autores principales: Moore, Kent, Semple, John, Cristofanelli, Paolo, Bonasoni, Paolo, Stocchi, Paolo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3707097/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23849229
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2046-7648-1-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3707097/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23849229
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2046-7648-1-2

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