Cardiopulmonary function in high altitude residents of Ladakh

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 445-454

  Wood, Stephen C ^a   Norboo, Tsering ^b   Lilly, Miles ^a   Yoneda, Ken ^c   Eldridge, Marlowe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Kunfan Othsnang Clinic   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Hemoglobin; Himalayas; Lung mechanics; Pulmonary function; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BREATHING MECHANICS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DUST EXPOSURE; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GAS EXCHANGE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIROMETRY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; SPIROMETRY; TIBET;

EID: 0346025587     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152702903322616191     Document Type: Article

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