1. THE PHYSIOLOGY OF HIGH ALTITUDE.
- Author
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Hock, Raymond J.
- Subjects
ACCLIMATIZATION ,INFLUENCE of altitude ,HYPOXEMIA ,PHYSICAL characteristics (Human body) ,QUECHUA (South American people) ,SHERPA (Nepalese people) ,AEROBIC capacity - Abstract
Examines the role of heredity and environment in acclimatization to high altitude. Increase in the breathing and heart rate of an unacclimatized person due to hypoxia; Physical characteristics that enable the Quechua Indians of the Andes and the Sherpas of the Himalayas to take in a greater volume of air; Results of an experiment which compared the oxygen consumption of low-altitude and high-altitude mice during an exercise.
- Published
- 1970
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