Failure on Everest: The oxygen equipment of the spring 1952 Swiss expedition

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-43

  West, John B ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Ascent of Everest; Breathing resistance; Extreme altitude; Mountaineering; Oxygen stores of body; Potassium peroxide

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; PEROXIDE; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE;

ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREATHING APPARATUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENERATOR; HISTORY; HUMAN; MOUNTAINEERING; OXYGEN BREATHING; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; REST; SPRING; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0037368011     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152702903321488960     Document Type: Article

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