The role of menopause in the development of chronic mountain sickness

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 1 41-1, 1997, Pages

  León Velarde, Fabiola ^a   Ramos, Marco Antonio ^a   Hernández, José Antonio ^a   De Idiáquez, Diego ^a   Muñoz, Luisa Silvia ^a   Gaffo, Angelo ^a   Córdova, Sharon ^a   Durand, Dante ^a   Monge, C Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Andes; hematocrit; high altitude; oxygen saturation; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTOSIS; HEADACHE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOVENTILATION; HYPOXEMIA; INSOMNIA; MALE; MENOPAUSE; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINNITUS; VERTIGO;

EID: 0031022553     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.272.1.r90     Document Type: Article

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