Pulmonary gas exchange is not impaired 24 h after extravehicular activity

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2233-2238

  Prisk, G Kim ^a,b   Fine, Janelle M ^a   Cooper, Trevor K ^a   West, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decompression; Venous gas emboli; Ventilation perfusion ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COSMONAUT; DECOMPRESSION; FEMALE; GAS EMBOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; SPIROMETRY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 28044473848     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00847.2005     Document Type: Article

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