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Millions of visitors travel to high altitude recreation areas in the United States, central and south Asia, Africa, and South America each year. In addition, millions of individuals worldwide live in large cities above 2500 m (8 200 ft) such as El Alto (4150 m) and La Paz (3640 m) in Bolivia, Quito (2850 m) in Ecuador, and Bogotá (2620 m) in Colombia.
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Sinclair De Frías, J.E., Sinclair Avila, J., Da Re Gutierrez, S., Hidalgo, J. (2023). High Altitude Medicine, Its Relevance and Classification According to Meters. In: Hidalgo, J., Da Re, S., D'Almeida, A.G. (eds) High Altitude Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35092-4_4
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