Children in the mountains: high mountain trekking holidays are best avoided for the very young.

Editorial p 873 - - High altitude areas of the world were once visited only by a privileged minority. Now the great mountain ranges have become popular tourist destinations. An increasing number of children accompany their parents on such journeys, but little consideration has been paid to the pot...

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Hauptverfasser: Pollard, Andrew J. (VerfasserIn) , Murdoch, David R. (VerfasserIn) , Bärtsch, Peter (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 1998
In: The BMJ
Year: 1998, Jahrgang: 316, Heft: 7135, Pages: 874
ISSN:1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.316.7135.874
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.316.7135.874
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