Going Higher Oxygen, Man, and Mountains

Name: Going Higher Oxygen, Man, and Mountains
Price: 6.95 USD
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ISBN: 9780898866315

ISBN-10: 0898866316

ISBN-13: 9780898866315

Edition: 5th 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Houston, Harris, Ellen Zeman, Mark Houston

List price: $22.95

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How the body responds to high altitude--the classic study revised for the latest scientific findings. Cutting-edge information on how to prevent, diagnose, and treat altitude illness and hypoxia in everyday life.

Book details

List price: $22.95
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Mountaineers Books, The
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English




The air about us



Oxygen : the vital essence



Moving air : respiration



Moving blood : circulation



Cells : the ultimate users



Mountain illness : the air up high



The body up high : cellular and vascular responses to hypoxia



The spectrum of high-altitude illness : AMS/HACE



Vision and the eye at altitude



HAPE : high altitude pulmonary edema



Chronic and subacute mountain illness



Hypoxia in everyday life



Acclimatization



Genetics of high-altitude performance



Prevention and treatment



Operation Everest I and II



Limits to work at altitude



The mountain way