Smaller alveolar-arterial O2 gradients in Tibetan than Han residents of Lhasa (3658 m)

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-82

  Zhuang, Jianguo ^a   Droma, Tarshi ^a   Sutton, John R ^c   Groves, Bertron M ^b   McCullough, Robert E ^b   McCullough, Rosann G ^b   Sun, Shinfu ^a   Moore, Lorna G ^b,d  

^a Tibet Institute of Medical Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

High altitude adaptation; Lung capacity; O2 transport; Pulmonary gas exchange; Tibet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG CAPACITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030070304     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-5687(95)00041-0     Document Type: Article

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