Oxygen enrichment of room air to improve well-being and productivity at high altitude

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 187-193

  West, John B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Cognitive function; Hypoxia; Mountain sickness; Sleep quality; Work capacity

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AIR CONDITIONING; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ASTRONOMY; COGNITION; ECONOMICS; FURNITURE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MINING; NON-PROGRAMMATIC; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; SLEEP; TRAVEL;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

AIR CONDITIONING; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ASTRONOMY; COGNITION; EFFICIENCY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OXYGEN; SLEEP; TRAVEL;

EID: 0033159209     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.1999.5.3.187     Document Type: Article

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