Superior exercise performance in lifelong Tibetan residents of 4,400 m compared with Tibetan residents of 3,658 m

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-31

  Curran, Linda S ^a   Zhuang, Jianguo ^b   Droma, Tarshi ^b   Moore, Lorna G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Tibet Institute of Medical Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Altitude; Hypoxia; Maximal O2 consumption; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHINA; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TENSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; TIBET;

EID: 0031912219     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199801)105:1<21::AID-AJPA3>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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