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Association between acute mountain sickness (AMS) and age: a meta-analysis
BACKGROUND: Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is a potentially lethal condition caused by acute hypoxia after ascending to altitudes higher than 2500 m in a short time. The main symptom of AMS is headache. Numerous risk factors of AMS have been examined, including gender, obesity, ascent rate, age and i...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5946480/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29747689 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40779-018-0161-x |