Exercise performance of sea-level residents at 4300 m after 6 days at 2200 m

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 955-961

  Fulco, Charles S ^a   Muza, Stephen R ^a   Beidleman, Beth ^a   Jones, Juli ^a   Staab, Janet ^a   Rock, Paul B ^a,b   Cymerman, Allen ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Exercise; High altitude; Moderate altitude; Staging

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; RESIDENT; SEA LEVEL; TIME;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350641295     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2540.2009     Document Type: Article

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