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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2012
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| 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 |