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. 2017 May 1:75:20.
doi: 10.1186/s13690-017-0188-6. eCollection 2017.

Response to letter to the editor regarding "Acute mountain sickness among tourists visiting the high-altitude city of Lhasa, Tibet, China at 3658 m above sea level: a cross-sectional study"

Gonggalanzi  1   2 , Per Nafstad  2   3
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Response to letter to the editor regarding "Acute mountain sickness among tourists visiting the high-altitude city of Lhasa, Tibet, China at 3658 m above sea level: a cross-sectional study"

Gonggalanzi et al. Arch Public Health. .

Abstract

We kindly thank the journal for the opportunity to respond to the recent comments made regarding our manuscript entitled "Acute mountain sickness among tourists visiting the high-altitude city of Lhasa, Tibet, China at 3658 m above sea level: A cross-sectional study".

Keywords: Acute mountain sickness; Tourists.

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