print email comment close The High Altitude Medicine Guide URL: http://www.high-altitude-medicine.com/ Description: The guide "provides current medical information on the prevention, recognition, and treatment of altitude illness, as well as other health issues affecting travellers to high mountainous regions of the world." The site covers acute mountain sickness (AMS); provides a physician's clinical guide; and lists sites about mountaineering in India, Nepal, and Tibet as well as other mountain and health-oriented links. Author: Dietz, Thomas E. Library of Congress Subject Headings: Altitude, Influence of Mountain sickness Mountaineering Sports medicine Travel -- Health aspects LII Database Information: Record 1895 created by Julianna Hamann on 06/10/2002 Last modification on 06/16/2002 Published: 06/10/2002   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/1895