Hypoxia and cold
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Hypoxia and cold
Praeger, 1987
- alk. paper
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Includes bibliographies and index
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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
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Index
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