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A New Approach to Very-High-Altitude Land Travel: The Train to Lhasa, Tibet

John B. West, MD, PhD

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Acknowledgment: The author thanks Tianyi Wu, High Altitude Medicine Research Institute, Xining; Bozhou Liang, Physiological Research Group of the Ministry of Railways, People's Republic of China; Yingshu Liu, University of Science and Technology, Beijing; and Zhong Tian, Qinghai Public Health Bureau, for discussions.
Potential Financial Conflicts of Interest: None disclosed.
Grant Support: From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, R01 HL 060968.
Requests for Single Reprints: John B. West, MD, PhD, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 0623A, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093; e-mail, jwest@ucsd.edu.
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Acknowledgment: The author thanks Tianyi Wu, High Altitude Medicine Research Institute, Xining; Bozhou Liang, Physiological Research Group of the Ministry of Railways, People's Republic of China; Yingshu Liu, University of Science and Technology, Beijing; and Zhong Tian, Qinghai Public Health Bureau, for discussions.
Potential Financial Conflicts of Interest: None disclosed.
Grant Support: From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, R01 HL 060968.
Requests for Single Reprints: John B. West, MD, PhD, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 0623A, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093; e-mail, jwest@ucsd.edu.
The new train to Lhasa, Tibet, exposes passengers to very high altitudes for many hours.
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West JB. A New Approach to Very-High-Altitude Land Travel: The Train to Lhasa, Tibet. Ann Intern Med. ;149:898–900. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-149-12-200812160-00009

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(12):898-900.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-149-12-200812160-00009

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