Comparative human ventilatory adaptation to high altitude

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 121, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 257-276

  Moore, Lorna G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation, high altitude; High altitude, ventilatory acclimatization; Hypoxia, ventilatory response; Mammals, humans

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CAROTID BODY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOXIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033837401     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-5687(00)00133-X     Document Type: Article

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