Commuting to high altitude: Value of oxygen enrichment of room air

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 223-235

  West, John West ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire hazard; General well being; Maximum safe concentrations; Neuropsychological function; Oxygen concentrators; Sleep; Ventilation levels

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AIR CONDITIONING; ALTITUDE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FIRE PROTECTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SLEEP; WELLBEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0036344549     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/15270290260131948     Document Type: Article

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