The effect of cigarette smoking upon hematological adaptations to moderately high altitude living

Journal of Wilderness Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 274-286

  Ramirez, G ^a,b   Bittle, P A ^a,b   Colice, G L ^d   Herrera, R ^e   Agosti, S J ^b,c   Foulis, P R ^b,c  

^a Div of Nephrology and Hypertension   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e NONE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

chronic hypoxemia; cigarette smoking; hematology; high altitude

Indexed keywords

COTININE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0025986716     PISSN: 09539859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/0953-9859-2.4.274     Document Type: Article

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