Reduced tolerance of simulated altitude (4200 m) in young men with borderline hypertension

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1063-1066

  Ledderhos, C ^a   Pongratz, H ^a   Exner, J ^a   Gens, A ^a   Roloff, D ^a   Honig, A ^a  

^a German Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altitude hypoxia; Exposure time; Hypertension; Renal excretion

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIURESIS; FLUID INTAKE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; SIMULATION; SODIUM EXCRETION; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX; URINE FLOW RATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIURESIS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NATRIURESIS; OXYGEN;

EID: 0036829949     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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