Respiratory function at different altitudes

Respiration

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 416-421

  Cogo, Annalisa ^a   Legnani, Delfino ^b   Allegra, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

High altitude; Hypoxia; Respiratory function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; DENSITY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG BLOOD VOLUME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0030707864     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000196717     Document Type: Article

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