Alveolar gas composition before and after maximal breath-holds in competitive divers

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 463-467

  Lindholm, P ^a   Lundgren, C E G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; APNEA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BREATHING; DIVING; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; APNEA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIVING; HUMANS; HYPERVENTILATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; OXYGEN; RESPIRATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847082852     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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