Cardiovascular effects of a sustained -Gz force in the horizontal position

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1099-1103

  Cardús, David ^a   McTaggart, Wesley G ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; BODY POSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CENTRIFUGATION; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SPACE FLIGHT; SUPINE POSITION; WATER IMMERSION;

ADULT; BODY FLUIDS; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; GRAVITATION; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; THORAX;

EID: 0030834014     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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