Spleen contraction during 20 min normobaric hypoxia and 2 min apnea in humans

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 545-549

  Lodin Sundström, Angelica ^a,b   Schagatay, Erika ^a,b  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Winter Sports Research Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Altitude; Breath hold; Diving response; Hypoxia; Spleen contraction

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BREATH ANALYSIS; DIVING; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; MALE; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SPLEEN; TIME;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BREATH TESTS; DIVING; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; MALE; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SPLEEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952831855     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2682.2010     Document Type: Article

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