Ventilation-perfusion inequality during normoxic and hypoxic exercise in the emu

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1980-1986

  Schmitt, P M ^b   Powell, F L ^a,b   Hopkins, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Comparative gas exchange; Inert gases

Indexed keywords

INERT GAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL PH; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMU; FEMALE; FLYING; HEART OUTPUT; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOXIA; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL EXERCISE; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; EXERCISE; LUNG; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BIRDS; CARBON DIOXIDE; EXERTION; FEMALE; LUNG; MALE; NOBLE GASES; OXYGEN; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 1842835768     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01108.2001     Document Type: Article

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