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T Norboo1, H N Saiyed, P T Angchuk, P Tsering, S T Angchuk, S T Phuntsog, M Yahya, Steve Wood, N G Bruce, K P Ball.
Abstract
Ladakh is a sparsely populated area of Indian Himalaya lying at 3-4500 m altitude mainly consisting of arid desert. This paper will discuss high altitude health problems in Ladakh under the following headings. 1. Acute altitude illness: acute mountain sickness (AMS), high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) and high altitude cerebral edema (HACE). 2. Effects of prolonged and permanent exposure to high altitude: (subacute and chronic mountain sickness). 3. Environmental dust and domestic fire pollution resulting in non-occupational pneumoconiosis and high prevalence of respiratory morbidity.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID： 15183846 DOI： 10.1016/j.biopha.2004.02.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biomed Pharmacother ISSN： 0753-3322 Impact factor: 6.529