Lack of effects of moderate-high altitude upon lung function in healthy middle-aged volunteers

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 739-743

  Casan, P ^a   Togores, B ^b   Giner, J ^a   Nerin, I ^c   Drobnic, F ^d   Borderias, L ^e   Caminero, J ^f   Duce, F ^c   Agusti, A G N ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL SAN JORGE   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL TXAGORRITXU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0032739111     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(99)90042-2     Document Type: Article

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