Oxygen-hemoglobin affinity at sea level may predict acute illness at altitude: Theory and simulation

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 767-774

  Curran Everett, Douglas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE DISEASE; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; BRAIN REGION; CELL VOLUME; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EXTRACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; HYPOXIA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEA LEVEL; SIMULATION; STIMULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0037402492     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(03)00065-3     Document Type: Article

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