Hemoglobin mass and intravascular volume kinetics during and after exposure to 3,454-m altitude

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1194-1201

  Siebenmann, C ^a,b   Cathomen, A ^c   Hug, M ^a   Keiser, S ^a   Lundby, A K ^a   Hilty, M P ^d   Goetze, J P ^e   Rasmussen, P ^f   Lundby, C ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood; Erythropoietin; Hypoxia; Oxygen; Plasma volume

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; BLOOD VOLUME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINETICS; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALTITUDE; BLOOD VOLUME; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947215920     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01121.2014     Document Type: Article

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