Acute Mountain Sickness in Iranian Trekkers Around Mount Damavand (5671m) in Iran Vahid Ziaee, MD, Masud Yunesian, MD, Zahra Ahmadinejad, MD, Farzin Halabchi,

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Acute Mountain Sickness in Iranian Trekkers Around Mount Damavand (5671m) in Iran Vahid Ziaee, MD, Masud Yunesian, MD, Zahra Ahmadinejad, MD, Farzin Halabchi, MD, Ramin Kordi, MD, Reza Alizadeh, MD, Hamid Reza Afsharjoo, MD Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Volume 14, Issue 4, Pages 214-219 (December 2003) DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(2003)14[214:AMSIIT]2.0.CO;2 Copyright © 2003 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Altitude profile over Mount Damavand Altitude profile over Mount Damavand. The open circles indicate village and camping places. The trekking distance is approximately 20km. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2003 14, 214-219DOI: (10.1580/1080-6032(2003)14[214:AMSIIT]2.0.CO;2) Copyright © 2003 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions