CON: Most climbers do not develop subclinical interstitial pulmonary Edema

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-128

  Swenson, Erik R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; HUMAN; HYPOCAPNIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EXTRAVASCULAR FLUID; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG INTERSTITIUM; LUNG MECHANICS; MOUNTAINEERING; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MOUNTAINEERING;

EID: 79959864735     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: 15578682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2011.0005     Document Type: Article

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