Shift working in the Chilean Andes (>3,600 m) and its influence on erythropoietin and the low-pressure system

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 846-852

  Gunga, Hanns Christian ^a   Röcker, Lothar ^b   Behn, Claus ^b   Hildebrandt, Wulf ^b   Koralewski, Ewald ^b   Rich, Ivan ^b   Schobersberger, Wolfgang ^b   Kirsch, Karl ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

central venous pressure; intermittent hypoxic stress; occupational health; serum transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHILE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029786138     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.81.2.846     Document Type: Article

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