Adventures in high-altitude physiology

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 588, Issue , 2006, Pages 7-16

  West, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Everest; Gas exchange; History; Oxygen enrichment; Stress failure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934435118     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-34817-9_2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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