Barcroft's bold assertion: All dwellers at high altitudes are persons of impaired physical and mental powers

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 594, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1127-1134

  West, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; AMBIENT AIR; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLIMATIC AGGRESSION; EXERCISE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL POWER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OPERATING ROOM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERU; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSICAL POWER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGEON; WORK CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA; MENTAL HEALTH;

EID: 84959302746     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/JP270284     Document Type: Review

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