Effect of hypobaric hypoxia, simulating conditions during long-haul air travel, on coagulation, fibrinolysis, platelet function, and endothelial activation

JAMA

Volumn 295, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 2251-2261

  Toff, William D ^a   Jones, Chris I ^a   Ford, Isobel ^c   Pearse, Robert J ^a   Watson, Henry G ^c   Watt, Stephen J ^d   Ross, John A S ^d   Gradwell, David P ^e   Batchelor, Anthony J ^e   Abrams, Keith R ^b   Meijers, Joost C M ^f   Goodall, Alison H ^a   Greaves, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e Roy Air Force Ctr of Aviat Med   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THROMBIN ANTITHROMBIN COMPLEX;

ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; AVIATION; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL ACTIVATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FIBRINOLYSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 33646691256     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.295.19.2251     Document Type: Article

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