Human limits for hypoxia. The physiological challenge of climbing Mt. Everest

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 899, Issue , 2000, Pages 15-27

  West, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOXIA; MOUNTAINEERING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TENSION; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS; WEATHER;

EID: 0034079488     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06173.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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