Effect of hypobaric hypoxia on visual evoked potential at high altitude

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 593-596

  Thakur, Lalan ^a   Singh, S B ^a   Anand, J P ^a   Panjwani, U ^a   Banerjee, P K ^a  

^a DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Altitude; Hypobaric hypoxia; Sojourn; Visual evoked potential (VEP)

Indexed keywords

HYPOXIA;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEA LEVEL; STRESS;

EID: 21244464630     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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