Hypoxic ventilatory response changes of men and women 6 to 7 days after climbing from 2100 m to 4350 m altitude and after descent

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 341-348

  Bhaumik, Gopinath ^a   Sharma, Ram P ^a   Dass, Deepak ^a   Lama, Himmat ^a   Chauhan, Shri K S ^a   Verma, Shivu S ^a   Selvamurthy, William ^a   Banerjee, P K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Chemoreceptor sensitivity; Gender differences; Hypoxia; Mountaineering; Training

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 0141891412     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152702903769192296     Document Type: Article

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