High altitude medicine and physiology

Description:

"Millions of people live at high altitude and large numbers visit it for both recreational and work-related reasons. The diminished oxygen in the air causes a range of illnesses and various types of impairment of performance. This book sets out the physiological basis of these changes and discusses all aspects of high-altitude illnesses and their management."--Publisher description.

subjects: Acclimatization,  Altitude,  Influence of Altitude,  Mountain sickness,  Mountaineering,  Physiological Adaptation,  Physiological aspects,  Physiological aspects of Mountaineering,  Altitude, influence of,  Adjustment (psychology),  Physiology, comparative,  Adaptation (Physiology),  Altitude Sickness,  Physiology,  Physiopathology,  Hypoxia