Physiological effects of intermittent hypoxia

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-136

  Powell, Frank L ^a,b   Garcia, Nathalie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Chronic hypoxia; Erythropoiesis; Exercise training; Hypoxic ventila; Long term facilitation; Mount Everest; Sleep apnea; Tory response

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ANOXIA; BLOOD; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MOUNTAINEERING; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODICITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCYTHEMIA; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SPORT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MOUNTAINEERING; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PERIODICITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; POLYCYTHEMIA; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SPORTS;

EID: 0034208713     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/15270290050074279     Document Type: Review

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