The Hypoxic Profile during Trekking to the Pyramid Laboratory

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 233-237

  Pomidori, Luca ^a   Bonardi, Daniela ^b   Campigotto, Federica ^a   Fasano, Valter ^b   Gennari, Alessandra ^a   Valli, Gabriele ^c   Palange, Paolo ^c   Cogo, Annalisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arterial oxygen saturation; Field studies at high altitude; Lowlanders; Pulse oximetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN;

EID: 70349478629     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2008.1107     Document Type: Article

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