Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) Knowledge Among High Altitude Marathon Runners Competing in the Everest Marathon Abigail Letchford, MBChB, Rudra Paudel,

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Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) Knowledge Among High Altitude Marathon Runners Competing in the Everest Marathon Abigail Letchford, MBChB, Rudra Paudel, MD, Owen D. Thomas, MBChB (Hons), Adam S. Booth, MRGP, Christopher H.E. Imray, FRCS Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Volume 27, Issue 1, Pages 111-116 (March 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2015.09.021 Copyright © 2016 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure Acute mountain sickness (AMS) knowledge scores. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2016 27, 111-116DOI: (10.1016/j.wem.2015.09.021) Copyright © 2016 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions