High Altitude Deterioration: A Historical Essay

Publication date: Available online 20 June 2019Source: Wilderness & Environmental MedicineAuthor(s): Harvey V. LankfordThis wilderness essay about high altitude deterioration will explore the historical mountaineering and medical literature with a limited discussion of physiology. The writings of mountaineers and physician-mountaineers provide an evocative supporting narrative to illustrate one of the problems of living at altitude.
Source: Wilderness and Environmental Medicine - Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research