Elevation of serum cholesterol at high altitude and its relationship to hematocrit

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 216-224

  Temte, Jonathan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; cholesterol; family practice; hematocrit; high altitude; lipids; population

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0029806003     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(1996)007[0216:EOSCAH]2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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