Visual fields during acute exposure to a simulated altitude of 7620 m

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 666-669

  Horng, Chi Ting ^a,e,f,g,h   Liu, Chun Cheng ^c,d   Wu, Der Min ^d   Wu, Yi Chang ^d,f   Chen, Jiann Torng ^b   Chang, Cheng Jong ^b,d   Tsai, Ming Ling ^b,d,f  

^a Division of Neurosurgery   (Taiwan)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Zuoying Armed Force General Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^e TAJEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f Kan Shan Armed Force Hospital   (Taiwan)

^g Kaoshing Armed Force General Hospital   (Taiwan)

^h Air Force Health Examination and Physiological Training Center   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arterial oxygen saturation; Hypobaric chamber; Hypoxia; Visual field

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIMETRY; PULSE OXIMETRY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN; PERIMETRY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 46249091091     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2160.2008     Document Type: Article

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