Preacclimatization in hypoxic chambers for high altitude sojourns

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 187-191

  Küpper, Thomas E A H ^a,b   Schöffl, Volker ^b,c,d  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Medical Commission of the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA MedCom)   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM BAMBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Acute mountain sickness; Hypoxia; Simulated altitude

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; HYPOXIC CHAMBER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; BRAIN EDEMA; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; MOUNTAINEERING; PULMONARY EDEMA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650191996     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-009-0307-x     Document Type: Article

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