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High life : a history of high-altitude physiology and medicine / John B. West.
Holman Biotech Commons QP82.2.A4 W474 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- West, John B. (John Burnard)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Altitude, Influence of--History.
- Altitude, Influence of.
- Mountain sickness--History.
- Mountain sickness.
- Altitude Sickness--history.
- Atmospheric Pressure.
- History.
- Medical Subjects:
- Altitude Sickness--history.
- Atmospheric Pressure.
- Local Subjects:
- Mountain sickness--History.
- Altitude, Influence of--History.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 493 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Published for the American Physiological Society by Oxford University Press, 1998.
- Summary:
- Historical account of high-altitude physiology ranging from Ancient Greece to the latest development in the 1990s. Includes special sections on China, Japan, India, and Russia. Three appendices cover the chronology of: databases of publications, main events, and geographical locations. For physiologists, pulmonologists, cardiologists, and lay readers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 434-472) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195121945
- OCLC:
- 37935201
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