Positive expiratory pressure as a method for preventing the impairment of attentional processes by hypoxia

Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 474-485

  Stivalet, Philippe ^a   Leifflen, Daniel ^a   Poquin, Didier ^a   Savourey, Gustave ^a  

^a Centre de Recherche du Service de Santédes Armées   (France)

Author keywords

Acute mountain sickness attentional processes early vision hypoxia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; VISION;

ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033996847     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401300184350     Document Type: Article

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