Arterial blood measurements in climbers on Mount Everest

The Lancet

Volumn 373, Issue 9675, 2009, Pages 1589-1590

  West, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PH; BLOOD SAMPLING; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOXIA; MOUNTAINEERING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAVEL;

EID: 65449142484     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60888-6     Document Type: Note

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