Physical fitness and hematological changes during acclimatization to moderate altitude: A retrospective study

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-224

  Brothers, Michael D ^a,b   Wilber, Randall L ^c   Byrnes, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^c United States Olympic Committee   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude acclimatization; Erythropoiesis; Hypobaric hypoxia; Long term moderate altitude exposure

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEA LEVEL; UNIVERSITY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLORADO; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WYOMING;

EID: 34548631763     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2007.8308     Document Type: Article

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