Tibetans at extreme altitude

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-54

  Wu, Tianyi ^a   Li, Shupin ^b   Ward, Michal P ^c  

^a High Altitude Med Res Institute   (China)

^b Chinese Mountaineering Association   (China)

^c Faculty of History and Philosophy of Medicine and Pharmacy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altitude; Everest; Tibetan

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; CHINA; COLD TOLERANCE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VOLUME; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; SLEEP; TRAVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 15744389418     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/PR04-04.1     Document Type: Review

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