Short-term altitude mountain living improves glycemic control

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-91

  Lee, Wen Chih ^a   Chen, Jin Jong ^b   Ho, Hsin Yi ^c   Hou, Chien Wen ^d   Liang, Ming Pen ^e   Shen, Yih Wen ^d   Kuo, Chia Hua ^d  

^a SHIH HSIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAIPEI   (Taiwan)

^e Chinese Management Association   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Glucose tolerance; Hiking; Hypoxia; Mountaineering

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 0037366763     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152702903321489013     Document Type: Article

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