Increased blood-oxygen binding affinity in Tibetan and Han Chinese residents at 4200 m

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1624-1635

  Simonson, T S ^a   Wei, G ^b   Wagner, H E ^a   Wuren, T ^b   Bui, A ^a   Fine, J M ^a   Qin, G ^b   Beltrami, F G ^c   Yan, M ^b   Wagner, P D ^a   Ge, Ri Li ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Qinghai Medical College   (China)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAN CHINESE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MALE; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; OXYGEN SATURATION; TIBETAN (PEOPLE); ADOLESCENT; ANOXIA; BLOOD; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHINA; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TIBET; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923326165     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2014.080820     Document Type: Article

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