Acid-base balance and O2 transport at high altitude

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 249-256

  Samaja, M ^a,d   Mariani, C ^a   Prestini, A ^b   Cerretelli, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b DESIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d Dipto Sci e Tecnologie Biomediche   (Italy)

Author keywords

2,3 Diphosphoglycerate (2,3 DPG); Acute mountain sickness; Adaptation to hypoxia; High altitude; Hypoxia; O2 equilibrium curve

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIPHOSPHOGLYCERIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR LOBE; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; NEPAL; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031052518     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.1997.574342000.x     Document Type: Article

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