Edited by Mohamed K. Yousef, Steven M. Horvath [and] Robert W. Bullard
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York,
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Academic Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1972
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiv, 258 pages
Other Physical Details
illustrations
Dimensions
24 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Environmental sciences
GENERAL NOTES
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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."
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references
CONTENTS NOTE
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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