Catecholamine response during 12 days of high-altitude exposure (4,300 m) in women

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1151-1157

  Mazzeo, Robert S ^a   Child, Avon ^a   Butterfield, Gail E ^b   Mawson, Jacinda T ^b   Zamudio, Stacy ^c   Moore, Lorna G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Epinephrine; Hypoxia; Norepinephrine; Plasma; Urinary

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HEART RATE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEAL PHASE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0031920595     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.84.4.1151     Document Type: Article

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