Cardiopulmonary response and body composition changes after prolonged high altitude exposure in women

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 357-369

  Ermolao, Andrea ^a   Bergamin, Marco ^a   Rossi, Alberto Carlo ^a   Carbonare, Luca Dalle ^b   Zaccaria, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cardiopulmonary function; exercise; maximal oxygen uptake; weight loss; Women at high altitude

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG CAPACITY; MUSCLE MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ALTITUDE; BODY COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855163027     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: 15578682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2010.1098     Document Type: Article

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