Background Rates of Acute Mountain Sickness-Like Symptoms at Low Altitude in Adolescents Using Lake Louise Score Jon Dallimore, MB, BS, MSc, MRCGP, MCEM,

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Background Rates of Acute Mountain Sickness-Like Symptoms at Low Altitude in Adolescents Using Lake Louise Score Jon Dallimore, MB, BS, MSc, MRCGP, MCEM, DCH, DRCOG, FFTM RCPS (Glasg), Jo-ai Foley, MB, ChB, Peter Valentine, BM, BS, B Med Sci Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages 11-14 (March 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2011.10.001 Copyright © 2012 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure Percentage incidence of scores suggesting acute mountain sickness (AMS). Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2012 23, 11-14DOI: (10.1016/j.wem.2011.10.001) Copyright © 2012 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions