"Altitude" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A vertical distance measured from a known level on the surface of a planet or other celestial body.
| Descriptor ID |
D000531
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G16.500.275.058 N06.230.058
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Altitude" by people in Profiles.
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Levine LD, Gonzales GF, Tapia VL, Gasco M, Sammel MD, Srinivas SK, Ludmir J. Preterm birth risk at high altitude in Peru. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2015 Feb; 212(2):210.e1-8.
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McCurdy R, Kowey PR. Boldly monitoring where few people have monitored before. Cardiology. 2008; 111(4):237-8.
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Rice GM, Vacchiano CA, Moore JL, Anderson DW. Incidence of decompression sickness in hypoxia training with and without 30-min O2 prebreathe. Aviat Space Environ Med. 2003 Jan; 74(1):56-61.