Recent advances in human physiology at extreme altitude

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 474, Issue , 2000, Pages 287-296

  West, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Alveolar PCO2; Extreme altitude; Extreme hypoxia; Maximal oxygen uptake; Work capacity

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; METEOROLOGY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK CAPACITY;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

AIR; ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HUMANS; MOUNTAINEERING; NEPAL; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TIBET;

EID: 0034465516     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

1. Alveolar gas composition at 21,000 to 25,700 ft
2. Man's respiratory response during and after acclimatization to high altitude
3. Prediction of barometric pressures at high altitude with the use of model atmospheres
4. Barometric pressures on Mt. Everest: New data and physiological significance
5. Pulmonary gas exchange on the summit of Mount Everest
6. Barometric pressures at extreme altitudes on Mt. Everest: Physiological significance