The role of hemoglobin oxygen affinity in oxygen transport at high altitude

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 158, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 121-127

  Winslow, Robert M ^a,b  

^a SANGART INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Hemoglobin; Oxygen transport; P50

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ALKALOSIS; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; HEART OUTPUT; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOXIA; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN AFFINITY; OXYGEN DISSOCIATION CURVE; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE PERFUSION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ERYTHROCYTES; EVOLUTION; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; OXYGEN;

EID: 34548691067     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2007.03.011     Document Type: Article

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