Pulmonary ventilatory function decreases in proportion to increasing altitude

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 214-217

  Hashimoto, Fred ^a   McWilliams, Bennie ^a   Qualls, Clifford ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchodilator agents; High altitude; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CLIMBING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0031424612     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(1997)008[0214:PVFDIP]2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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