Impaired oxygenation during sleep at high altitude in Sherpa

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 133, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 131-138

  Arai, Yasuhiro ^a   Tatsumi, Koichiro ^a   Sherpa, Nawang K ^a   Masuyama, Shigeru ^a   Hasako, Kiyoshi ^a   Tanabe, Nobuhiro ^a   Takiguchi, Yuichi ^a   Kuriyama, Takayuki ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging, O2 desaturation, sleep; Altitude, highlanders, Sherpa; Mammals, humans; Oxygen, desaturation, sleep; Sleep, O2 desaturation, aging

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEPAL; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLEEP;

EID: 0037164152     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-9048(02)00167-2     Document Type: Article

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