King of the mountains: Tibetan and sherpa physiological adaptations for life at high altitude

Physiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 388-402

  Gilbert Kawai, Edward T ^a,b   Milledge, James S ^a   Grocott, Michael P W ^a,b,c,d,e   Martin, Daniel S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; BREATHING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHINA; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUNG; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LUNG; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHENOTYPE; RESPIRATION; SELECTION, GENETIC; TIBET;

EID: 84908409666     PISSN: 15489213     EISSN: 15489221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00018.2014     Document Type: Review

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