Optimal hemoglobin concentration and high altitude: A theoretical approach for Andean men at rest

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1581-1588

  Villafuerte, Francisco C ^a   Cárdenas, Rosa ^a   Monge C, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Hypoxia; Mixed venous partial pressure of oxygen; Oxygen transport; Theoretical model

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTOSIS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PERU; POLYCYTHEMIA; VEINS;

EID: 2342572983     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00328.2003     Document Type: Article

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