Is it time to revise the acclimatization schedule at high altitude?

Johannes Burtscher^{1

2

3

4}, Hannes Gatterer^{2

3

4}, Martin Burtscher^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Molecular and Chemical Biology of Neurodegeneration, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.
² Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine, EURAC Research, Bolzano, Italy.
³ Department of Sport Science, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
⁴ Austrian Society for Alpine and Mountain Medicine, Austria.

Johannes Burtscher et al. Med J Armed Forces India. 2020 Jan.

. 2020 Jan;76(1):120-121.

doi: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2019.08.006. Epub 2019 Dec 16.

Johannes Burtscher^{1

2

3

4}, Hannes Gatterer^{2

3

4}, Martin Burtscher^{3

4}

¹ Laboratory of Molecular and Chemical Biology of Neurodegeneration, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.
² Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine, EURAC Research, Bolzano, Italy.
³ Department of Sport Science, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
⁴ Austrian Society for Alpine and Mountain Medicine, Austria.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have none to declare.

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