Spirometry values in Himalayan high altitude residents (Sherpas)

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 223-232

  Havryk, Adrian P ^a,b   Gilbert, Mark ^a   Burgess, Keith R ^a,b  

^a MANLY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

High altitude; Humans; Mammals; Sherpas vs. Caucasians; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESIDENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIROMETRY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; CHILD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0036348388     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-9048(02)00072-1     Document Type: Article

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