Quantitative correlation of hyperventilation with flicker sensitivity

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 529-534

  Connolly, Desmond ^a,b   Hosking, Sarah ^b  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkalosis; Critical flicker frequency; Flicker sensitivity; Flicker threshold; Hyperventilation; Hypocapnia

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FLICKERING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTIAL PRESSURE;

ALKALOSIS; CRITICAL FLICKER FREQUENCY (CFF); FLICKER THRESHOLD; HYPERVENTILATION;

VENTILATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOCAPNIA; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AIR; BREATH TESTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEMALE; FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOCAPNIA; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34250702818     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318073c65b     Document Type: Article

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