Do over 200 million healthy altitude residents really suffer from chronic acid-base disorders?

Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-65

  Zubieta Calleja, Gustavo ^a   Zubieta Castillo, Gustavo ^a   Zubieta Calleja, Luis ^a   Ardaya Zubieta, Gustavo ^a   Paulev, Poul Erik ^a,b  

^a High Altitude Pathology Institute   (Bolivia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acidbase equilibrium; Base deficit; Base excess; High altitude; Hypoxia; Titratable hydrogen ion difference

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; DISORDERS OF ACID BASE BALANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOCAPNIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PH; RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 79952245067     PISSN: 09701915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12291-010-0088-9     Document Type: Article

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