Effect of prolonged exposure to high altitude on skeletal muscles of Indian soldiers

Defence Science Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-176

  Bharadwaj, H ^a   Prasad, Jagdish ^a   Pramanik, S N ^a   Kishnani, S ^a   Zachariah, T ^a   Chaudhary, K L ^a   Sridharan, K ^a   Srivastava, K K ^a  

^a DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CORRELATION METHODS; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MINERALS; MUSCLE; PROTEINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY DENSITY; HIGH ALTITUDE EFFECTS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0034172350     PISSN: 0011748X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14429/dsj.50.3421     Document Type: Article

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