Effects of acute prolonged exposure to high-altitude hypoxia on exercise-induced breathlessness

Clinical Science

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 327-333

  Burki, Nausherwan K ^a   McConnell, J Wesley ^a   Ayub, Mohammad ^b   Liles, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AYUB MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Breathlessness; Exercise; High altitude hypoxia; Ventilatory pattern

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BREATHING RATE; CARBON DIOXIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 0032924881     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/cs0960327     Document Type: Article

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