Red cell volume expansion at altitude: A meta-analysis and Monte Carlo simulation

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1767-1772

  Rasmussen, Peter ^a,b   Siebenmann, Christoph ^a   Díaz, Víctor ^a,c   Lundby, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Universidad Politécnica de Madrid   (Spain)

Author keywords

Altitude Training; Hemoglobin Mass; Hypoxia; Systematic Review

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; META ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCYTHEMIA; TIME;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; ERYTHROCYTES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLYCYTHEMIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883284814     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31829047e5     Document Type: Article

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