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" Physiological adaptations; desert and mountain. "
Edited by Mohamed K. Yousef, Steven M. Horvath [and] Robert W. Bullard
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BL
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653409
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Physiological adaptations; desert and mountain.\ Edited by Mohamed K. Yousef, Steven M. Horvath [and] Robert W. Bullard
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New York,: Academic Press,, 1972
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Environmental sciences
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xiv, 258 pages: illustrations; 24 cm
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0127746501
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: 9780127746500
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"Published as a tribute to Dr. David Bruce Dill ... A symposium [was] held at the University of Nevada on April 19-20, 1971."
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Includes bibliographical references
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| Contents
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Some general concepts of physiological adaptations / E.F. Adolph -- Biophysical principles of acclimatization to heat / H.S. Belding -- Partitional calorimetry in the desert / A. Pharo Gagge -- Sweat mechanisms in heat / F.N. Craig -- Some comments on low temperatures in the desert and at high altitudes / L.D. Carlson -- Cardiovascular and respiratory reactions to heat / S. Robinson -- Some nutritional and metabolic aspects of exposure to heat / R.E. Johnson -- Large mammals in the desert / D.H.K. Lee -- Small mammals in the desert / W.G. Bradley and M.K. Yousef -- Principles of adaptations to altitude / U.C Luft -- Psychophysiological implications of life at altitude and including the role of oxygen in the process of aging / R.A. McFarland -- Physiology of work at altitude / S.M. Horvath -- The hypoxias of altitude, of anemia, and of carbon monoxide poisoning / W.H. Forbes -- Physiology of respiration at altitude / B. Balke -- Vertebrates at altitudes / R.W. Bullard -- Body fluids, body composition, and metabolic aspects of high-altitude adaptation / C.F. Consolazio, H.L. Johnson, and H.J. Krzywick
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Adaptation (Physiology), Congresses
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Heat-- Physiological effect, Congresses
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Altitude, Influence of, Congresses
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QP82.P47 1972
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Yousef, Mohamed K.
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Horvath, Steven M.
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Bullard, Robert W.,1929-1971
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