White blood cell and hormonal responses to 4300 m altitude before and after intermittent altitude exposure

Clinical Science

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 163-169

  Beidleman, Beth A ^a   Muza, Stephen R ^a   Fulco, Charles S ^a   Cymerman, Allen ^a   Staab, Janet E ^a   Sawka, Michael N ^a   Lewis, Steven F ^b   Skrinar, Gary S ^b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenaline; Cortisol; Hypobaric hypoxia; Intermittent altitude exposure; Noradrenaline; Submaximal exercise

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; EPINEPHRINE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE;

EID: 33747120334     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20060012     Document Type: Article

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