Caudwell Xtreme Everest: A prospective study of the effects of environmental hypoxia on cognitive functioning.

Author
Griva, Konstadina
Stygall, Jan
Wilson, Mark H
Martin, Daniel
Levett, Denny
Mitchell, Kay
Mythen, Monty
Montgomery, Hugh E
Grocott, Mike P
Aref-Adib, Golnar
Publication date
2017-03-27
Subject
Diseases & disorders of systemic, metabolic or environmental origin

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Abstract
Background: The neuropsychological consequences of exposure to environmental hypobaric hypoxia (EHH) remain unclear. We thus investigated them in a large group of healthy volunteers who trekked to Mount Everest base camp (5,300 m).
Citation
PLoS One . 2017 Mar 27;12(3):e0174277
Type
Article
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14200/1806
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5367700/
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0174277
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0174277
PMID
28346535
Journal
PLoS ONE
Publisher
Public Library of Science
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