Frostbite: epidemiology at high altitude in the Karakoram mountains

During a 10-year period (December 1984 to December 1994), 1500 cases of frostbite were treated at a tertiary care medical facility. They were all males with their ages ranging from 17 to 43 years. All the patients sustained the frostbite injury in the northeastern part of Pakistan known as the Karak...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 1998-03, Vol.80 (2), p.91-95
Hauptverfasser:	Hashmi, M A, Rashid, M, Haleem, A, Bokhari, S A, Hussain, T
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Altitude Frostbite - epidemiology Frostbite - pathology Frostbite - surgery Humans Incidence Male Pakistan - epidemiology Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Seasons
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