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. 1979 Jul;55(645):447–453. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.55.645.447

Introductory address: lessons to be learned from high altitude.

C S Houston
PMCID: PMC2425545  PMID: 386292

Abstract

A historical account of the important landmarks in man's experience with the high altitude environment is followed by comments on the important stages in the understanding of its physiological effects. The work of The Mount Logan High Altitude Physiology Study on acute mountain sickness is reviewed from its inception in 1967 until the present.

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