Is normobaric simulation of hypobaric hypoxia accurate in chronic airflow limitation?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 6 I, 1995, Pages 1956-1960

  Naughton, Matthew T ^a,b   Rochford, Peter D ^a   Pretto, Jeffrey J ^a   Pierce, Robert J ^a   Cain, Niall F ^a   Irving, Louis B ^a  

^a Heidelberg and Austin Hospitals ^*  (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRFLOW; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SIMULATION; EXERCISE; FLIGHT; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPOBARISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0028863596     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.152.6.8520762     Document Type: Article

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