Maximum exercise responses of men and women mountaineering trainees on induction to high altitude (4350 m) by trekking

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 151-156

  Bhaumik, Gopinath ^a   Dass, Deepak ^a   Lama, Himmat ^a   Chauhan, S K S ^a  

^a DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Aerobic capacity; High altitude; Maximal exercise

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ALTITUDE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAINING;

EID: 55849095902     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/07-WEME-OR-121.1     Document Type: Article

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