Physiological basis for recommendations regarding exercise during pregnancy at high altitude

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 321-334

  Entin, Pauline L ^a   Coffin, Lynne ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal oxygen delivery; Hypoxia; Obstetrics; Physical activity; Prenatal

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANEMIA; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CANADA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FETUS CIRCULATION; GYNECOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OBSTETRICS; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PATIENT MONITORING; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEA LEVEL; UNITED STATES; UTERINE ARTERY;

EID: 5644268146     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2004.5.321     Document Type: Article

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