Hypoxia and cold

Author(s)

• Sutton, John R.
• Houston, Charles S.
• Coates, Geoff

Bibliographic Information

Hypoxia and cold

edited by John R. Sutton, Charles S. Houston, Geoffrey Coates

Praeger, 1987

• alk. paper

Note

Includes bibliographies and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Hypoxia and Cold includes basic research, state-of-the-art technology and theory, practical applications, clinical problems and real-life situations on oxygen and oxygen deprivation. Although the emphasis is on man, several major papers explore hypoxia and cold in insects and other animals.

Table of Contents

Foreword Acknowledgments Contributors Part I: Extreme Environments: An Overview Part II: Interactions Between Cold and Hypoxia Part III: Oxygen Delivery in Cold, Exercise and Hypoxia Part IV: The Lungs in Cold and Hypoxia: The Circulation The Lungs in Cold and Hypoxia: The Airways Part V: Pathophysiology, Treatment, and Prevention of Hypothermia Part VI: Frostbite Part VII: Extreme Environments: Coping Strategies of Animal and Humans Part VIII: Physiology of Elite Mountaineers Part IX: Factors Limiting Performance at Extreme Altititude Abstracts Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA19135905
• ISBN:
  • 027592081X
• LCCN: 85025658
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 560 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QP82.2.C6
  • DC19 : 599/.012
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Cold -- Physiological effect
  • LCSH : Cold adaptation
  • LCSH : Anoxemia
  • LCSH : Altitude, Influence of
  • MESH : Anoxia
  • MESH : Cold