Acute hypoxia and related symptoms on mild exertion at simulated altitudes below 3048 m

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 979-984

  Smith, Adrian M ^a  

^a BAE Systems Saudi Arabia   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Altitude; Exercise; Helicopter; Hypoxia; Rotary wing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXEMIA; HYPOXIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SIMULATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; AUSTRALIA; CONFUSION; DATA COLLECTION; DIZZINESS; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OXIMETRY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 34848820602     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.1989.2007     Document Type: Article

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