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Medicine at high altitude
Medicine at high altitude provides important insights into the acute and chronic effects of hypoxia. Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is a common syndrome occurring after acute ascent to over 2,500 m and is caused by increased capillary permeability. A number of factors have been identified that increase the risk of AMS, in particular exercise. Avoiding rapid ascent, undue exercise and the use of ...
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expressing the respiratory activity of tissues. The final dry weight of the tissue, removed at the end of the experiment, washed, and dried, has been most widely used, and this is the only term of reference mentioned in the book. The wet weight, the initial dry weight, the total nitrogen, and the nucleic acid phosphorus of the tissues have also been put forward from time to time as terms superi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Sports Medicine
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0306-3674
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.31.2.165-b