Exhaled nitric oxide decreases upon acute exposure to high-altitude hypoxia

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 196-202

  Brown, Daniel E ^a   Beall, Cynthia M ^b   Strohl, Kingman P ^b   Mills, Phoebe S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG PRESSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL; SELF REPORT; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREATH TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN;

EID: 33645579425     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20489     Document Type: Article

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