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A 10-day confinement to normobaric hypoxia impairs toe, but not finger temperature response during local cold stress.

scientific article published on 24 January 2017

A model of shivering thermogenesis based on the neurophysiology of thermoreception

scientific article published in June 1985

Acute effects of normobaric hypoxia on hand-temperature responses during and after local cold stress.

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Acute normobaric hyperoxia transiently attenuates plasma erythropoietin concentration in healthy males: evidence against the 'normobaric oxygen paradox' theory

scientific article published on 18 March 2011

Acute short-term hyperoxia followed by mild hypoxia does not increase EPO production: resolving the "normobaric oxygen paradox"

scientific article published on 07 July 2011

Aerobic but not thermoregulatory gains following a 10-day moderate-intensity training protocol are fitness level dependent: A cross-adaptation perspective

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Aerobic exercise training preceded by respiratory muscle endurance training: a synergistic action enhances the hypoxic aerobic capacity

scientific article published on 04 March 2011

Assessing Objective Measures of Sleep Quality in Hypoxia Research

scientific article published in July 2015

Autonomic nervous control of heart rate during blood-flow restricted exercise in man.

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Bed Rest and Hypoxic Exposure Affect Sleep Architecture and Breathing Stability.

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Blood pressure regulation V: in vivo mechanical properties of precapillary vessels as affected by long-term pressure loading and unloading.

scientific article published on 07 December 2013

Bone loss in the lower leg during 35 days of bed rest is predominantly from the cortical compartment

scientific article published on 09 January 2009

Carbon monoxide exposure during exercise performance: muscle and cerebral oxygenation.

scientific article published on 31 October 2011

Cardiorespiratory Responses of Adults and Children during Normoxic and Hypoxic Exercise

scientific article published on 31 May 2017

Characteristics of the carotid baroreflex in man during normal and flow-restricted exercise

scientific article published on March 1, 1992

Clothing surface area as related to body volume and clothing microenvironment volume

scientific article published on 01 May 1987

Cold Susceptibility of Digit Stumps Resulting from Amputation After Freezing Cold Injury in Elite Alpinists

scientific article published on 02 April 2018

Cold-induced vasodilatation in the foot is not homogenous or trainable over repeated cold exposure

scientific article published on 22 September 2007

Cold-induced vasodilatation is not homogenous or generalizable across the hand and feet

scientific article published on 12 January 2007

Cold-induced vasodilatation response in the fingers at 4 different water temperatures

scientific article published on 01 November 2012

Commentaries on Viewpoint: Standardization of bed rest studies in the spaceflight context.

scientific article published in July 2016

Commentaries on Viewpoint: The ongoing need for good physiological investigation: Obstructive sleep apnea in HIV patients as a paradigm

scientific article published on January 2015

Comparison of core threshold temperatures for forehead sweating based on esophageal and rectal temperatures

scientific article published on 01 August 1993

Construction and position verification of a thermocouple esophageal temperature probe

scientific article published on 01 June 1984

Core temperature "null zone" ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 1991

Core temperature circdian rhythm during 35 days of horizontal bed rest.

scientific article published in July 2002

Core threshold temperatures for sweating

scientific article published on 01 September 1989

Decompression-induced ocular tear film bubbles reflect the process of denitrogenation

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Degrees of freedom: Limitations of infrared thermography for screening for Covid-19 and other infections

scientific article published on 28 December 2020

Determination of clothing microenvironment volume

scientific article published on 01 July 1987

Determining optimal clothing ensembles based on weather forecasts, with particular reference to outdoor winter military activities ⬇️

scientific article published on September 19, 2010

Determining the rate of body heat storage by incorporating body composition.

scientific article published in April 1987

Diurnal variation in the core interthreshold zone and its relation to cutaneous sensation threshold zone.

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Do females and males exhibit a similar sarcopenic response as a consequence of normoxic and hypoxic bed rest?

scientific article published on 05 October 2020

Dynamic moisture permeation through clothing

scientific article published on 01 January 1988

Effect of 21 days of horizontal bed rest on behavioural thermoregulation

scientific article published on 25 September 2009

Effect of 5 weeks horizontal bed rest on human muscle thickness and architecture of weight bearing and non-weight bearing muscles.

scientific article published on 5 March 2008

Effect of acute hypercapnia during 10-day hypoxic bed rest on posterior eye structures

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Effect of body temperature on cold induced vasodilation

scientific article published on 21 June 2008

Effect of core cooling on short and long latency reflex responses

scientific article published on 01 April 1983

Effect of exercise on night periodic breathing and loop gain during hypoxic confinement.

scientific article published on 24 December 2015

Effect of flexing deformations on functional properties of laminated silica aerogel fibrous matting composites for footwear applications.

scientific article published on 14 September 2015

Effect of hypoglycemia on thermoregulatory responses

scientific article published on 01 March 1996

Effect of hypoxia on preferred hand temperature

scientific article published on 01 May 2003

Effect of occluded venous return on core temperature during cold water immersion

scientific article published on 01 December 1988

Effect of peripheral temperature on the formation of venous gas bubbles.

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Effects of Hypoxia and Bed Rest on Markers of Cardiometabolic Risk: Compensatory Changes in Circulating TRAIL and Glutathione Redox Capacity

scientific article published on 30 July 2018

Effects of Two Short-Term, Intermittent Hypoxic Training Protocols on the Finger Temperature Response to Local Cold Stress

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Effects of anti-histaminic and anti-cholinergic substances on human thermoregulation during cold provocation.

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Effects of blood-volume distribution on the characteristics of the carotid baroreflex in humans at rest and during exercise

scientific article published on 01 January 1994

Effects of inactivity on human muscle glutathione synthesis by a double-tracer and single-biopsy approach.

scientific article published on 20 October 2010

Effects of local arteriosclerosis on carotid baroreflex sensitivity and on heart rate and arterial pressure variability in humans.

scientific article published in January 2006

Effects of motion sickness on thermoregulatory responses in a thermoneutral air environment

scientific article published on 03 September 2011

Effects of normobaric hypoxic bed rest on the thermal comfort zone

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Effects of prolonged CO2 inhalation on shivering thermogenesis during cold-water immersion

scientific article published on 01 September 1993

Effects of prolonged hypoxia and bed rest on appetite and appetite-related hormones

scientific article published on 6 July 2016

Effects of prolonged immobilization on sequential changes in mineral and bone disease parameters

scientific article published on 21 November 2012

Enhancement of cold-induced vasodilatation following acclimatization to altitude

scientific article published on 12 April 2008

Enhancement of the finger cold-induced vasodilation response with exercise training

scientific article published on 05 February 2010

Estimation of regional cutaneous cold sensitivity by analysis of the gasping response

scientific article published on 01 November 1991

Evaluation of predictive formulae for determining metabolic rate during cold water immersion

scientific article published in July 1986

Exercise breathing pattern during chronic altitude exposure.

scientific article published on January 1991

Exercise cardiorespiratory and thermoregulatory responses in normoxic, hypoxic and hot environment following 10-day continuous hypoxic exposure

scientific article published on 26 July 2018

Exercise during Short-Term and Long-Term Continuous Exposure to Hypoxia Exacerbates Sleep-Related Periodic Breathing

scientific article published on 29 February 2016

Exercise thermoregulatory responses following a 28-day sleep-high train-low regimen.

scientific article published on 10 March 2012

Exercise training during normobaric hypoxic confinement does not alter hormonal appetite regulation.

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Expression changes in human skeletal muscle miRNAs following 10 days of bed rest in young healthy males.

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FemHab: The effects of bed rest and hypoxia on oxidative stress in healthy women

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Finger and Toe Temperature Responses to Cold After Freezing Cold Injury in Elite Alpinists

scientific article published on 06 March 2015

Forearm–finger skin temperature gradient as an index of cutaneous perfusion during steady‐state exercise ⬇️

scientific article published on April 22, 2013

G tolerance vis-à-vis pressure-distension and pressure-flow relationships of leg arteries

scientific article published on 16 February 2012

Gender differences in physiological reactions to thermal stress

scientific article published on 01 January 1995

Habituation of the metabolic and ventilatory responses to cold-water immersion in humans

scientific article published on 23 October 2012

Hand temperature responses to local cooling after a 10-day confinement to normobaric hypoxia with and without exercise

scientific article published on 15 July 2014

Heat acclimation does not affect maximal aerobic power in thermoneutral normoxic or hypoxic conditions

scientific article published on 25 January 2019

Heat production and heat loss responses to cold water immersion after 35 days horizontal bed rest.

scientific article published in May 2012

Helicopter pilot suits for offshore application. A survey of thermal comfort and ergonomic design

scientific article published on 01 June 1987

Heterogeneous sensitivity of cerebral and muscle tissues to acute normobaric hyperoxia at rest ⬇️

scientific article published on June 2, 2012

Histaminergic and cholinergic neuron systems in the impairment of human thermoregulation during motion sickness.

scientific article published on 13 April 2010

Human temperature regulation during cycling with moderate leg ischaemia

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Human temperature regulation during narcosis induced by inhalation of 30% nitrous oxide.

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Human temperature regulation during subanesthetic levels of nitrous oxide-induced narcosis

scientific article published in June 1995

Human thermoregulatory function during exercise and immersion after 35 days of horizontal bed-rest and recovery

scientific article published on 20 July 2005

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy does not affect recovery from delayed onset muscle soreness

scientific article published on 01 March 2000

Hyperbaric oxygenation, plasma exchange, and hemodialysis for treatment of acute liver failure in a 3-year-old child

scientific article published in November 1998

Hypercapnia augments resistive exercise-induced elevations in intraocular pressure in older individuals

scientific article published on 08 February 2020

Hypoxia Aggravates Inactivity-Related Muscle Wasting.

scientific article published on 15 May 2018

Hypoxia Exacerbates Negative Emotional State during Inactivity: The Effect of 21 Days Hypoxic Bed Rest and Confinement.

scientific article published on 8 February 2018

Hypoxia Worsens Affective Responses and Feeling of Fatigue During Prolonged Bed Rest.

scientific article published on 23 March 2018

Hypoxia and Inactivity Related Physiological Changes (Constipation, Inflammation) Are Not Reflected at the Level of Gut Metabolites and Butyrate Producing Microbial Community: The PlanHab Study

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Hypoxia and inactivity related physiological changes precede or take place in absence of significant rearrangements in bacterial community structure: The PlanHab randomized trial pilot study

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Increased distensibility in dependent veins following prolonged bedrest

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Indices of Increased Decompression Stress Following Long-Term Bed Rest

scientific article published on 18 July 2018

Individual variability in the peripheral and core interthreshold zones

scientific article published on 01 May 2007

Inert gas narcosis has no influence on thermo-tactile sensation.

scientific article published on 20 September 2011

Influence of active recovery following prolonged bed rest on static exercise pressor response

scientific article published on 01 July 2002

Inhalation of warm and cold air does not influence brain stem or core temperature in normothermic humans.

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Inhalation rewarming from hypothermia: an evaluation in -20 degrees C simulated field conditions

scientific article published on 01 May 1995

Inhibition of shivering in man by thermal stimulation of the facial area

Interaction of the carotid baroreflex, the muscle chemoreflex and the cardiopulmonary baroreflex in man during exercise

scientific article published on 01 February 1991

Intermittent normobaric hypoxic exposures at rest: effects on performance in normoxia and hypoxia

scientific article published on 01 October 2012

Intestinal Metagenomes and Metabolomes in Healthy Young Males: Inactivity and Hypoxia Generated Negative Physiological Symptoms Precede Microbial Dysbiosis.

scientific article published on 13 March 2018

Ischaemia in working muscles potentiates the exercise-induced sweating response in man.

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Koroška 8000 Himalayan expedition: digit responses to cold stress following ascent to Broadpeak (Pakistan, 8051 m)

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Koroška 8000: digit responses to cold stress following himalayan expedition to broadpeak, Pakistan (8051 m).

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Letter to the Editor: Combined effects of hypoxia and heat: importance of hypoxic dose.

scientific article published in February 2018

Local differences in sweat secretion from the head during rest and exercise in the heat

scientific article published on 20 December 2007

Local intravascular pressure habituation in relation to G-induced arm pain

scientific article published on 01 July 2012

Long-term intermittent hyperoxic exposures do not enhance erythropoiesis

scientific article published on 11 August 2011

LunHab: interactive effects of a 10 day sustained exposure to hypoxia and bedrest on aerobic exercise capacity in male lowlanders.

scientific article published on 9 April 2017

MEF2 as upstream regulator of the transcriptome signature in human skeletal muscle during unloading

scientific article published on 11 July 2018

Melatonin-Induced Nocturnal Vasodilatation Contributes to Skin Regeneration

scientific article published on 01 June 2016

Moderate exercise blunts oxidative stress induced by normobaric hypoxic confinement

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Moderate hypoxia does not affect the zone of thermal comfort in humans

scientific article published on 22 January 2005

Motion sickness decreases arterial pressure and therefore acceleration tolerance.

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Motion sickness increases the risk of accidental hypothermia

scientific article published on 18 July 2006

Motion sickness potentiates core cooling during immersion in humans

scientific article published on 01 September 2001

Mount Everest and Makalu cold injury amputation: 40 years on.

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Muscle and cerebral oxygenation during exercise performance after short-term respiratory work

scientific article published on 26 November 2010

New onset of constipation during long-term physical inactivity: a proof-of-concept study on the immobility-induced bowel changes.

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Nitrogen narcosis attenuates shivering thermogenesis ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 1995

No association between hand and foot temperature responses during local cold stress and rewarming.

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No ergogenic effects of a 10-day combined heat and hypoxic acclimation on aerobic performance in normoxic thermoneutral or hot conditions

scientific article published on 25 September 2019

Noninvasive Estimation of Myosin Heavy Chain Composition in Human Skeletal Muscle ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 2011

Normoxic and hypoxic performance following 4 weeks of normobaric hypoxic training

scientific article published on 01 April 2010

On the combined effects of normobaric hypoxia and bed rest upon bone and mineral metabolism: Results from the PlanHab study.

scientific article published on 18 July 2016

Passive temperature lability in the elderly

scientific article published on 01 January 1996

Peak oxygen uptake and regional oxygenation in response to a 10-day confinement to normobaric hypoxia.

scientific article published on 15 March 2013

Peripheral perfusion and acute mountain sickness: is there a link?

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Permanence of the habituation of the initial responses to cold-water immersion in humans

scientific article published on 01 September 2000

PlanHab (Planetary Habitat Simulation): the combined and separate effects of 21 days bed rest and hypoxic confinement on human skeletal muscle miRNA expression.

scientific article published on April 2016

PlanHab Study: Consequences of combined normobaric hypoxia and bed rest on adenosine kinetics

scientific article published on 29 January 2018

PlanHab study: assessment of psycho-neuroendocrine function in male subjects during 21 d of normobaric hypoxia and bed rest.

scientific article published on 06 February 2017

PlanHab* : hypoxia does not worsen the impairment of skeletal muscle oxidative function induced by bed rest alone.

scientific article published on 17 April 2018

PlanHab: Hypoxia counteracts the erythropoietin suppression, but seems to exaggerate the plasma volume reduction induced by 3 weeks of bed rest

scientific article published on 13 April 2016

PlanHab: hypoxia exaggerates the bed-rest-induced reduction in peak oxygen uptake during upright cycle ergometry.

scientific article published on 24 June 2016

PlanHab: the combined and separate effects of 16 days of bed rest and normobaric hypoxic confinement on circulating lipids and indices of insulin sensitivity in healthy men.

scientific article published on 14 January 2016

Positive energy balance is associated with accelerated muscle atrophy and increased erythrocyte glutathione turnover during 5 wk of bed rest

scientific article published in October 2008

Pressure distension in leg vessels as influenced by prolonged bed rest and a pressure habituation regimen

scientific article published on 14 April 2016

Pressure-distension relationship in arteries and arterioles in response to 5 wk of horizontal bedrest

scientific article published on 25 July 2008

Prevailing evidence contradicts the notion of a "normobaric oxygen paradox"

scientific article published on 31 March 2012

Prolonged physical inactivity leads to a drop in toe skin temperature during local cold stress.

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Psychological strain: examining the effect of hypoxic bedrest and confinement

scientific article published on 05 December 2014

Psychomotor function during mild narcosis induced by subanesthetic level of nitrous oxide: individual susceptibility beyond gender effect.

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Regional thermal comfort zone in males and females

scientific article published on 12 April 2016

Relationship between physique and rectal temperature cooling rate

scientific article published on March 1, 1992

Reliability of the method of levels for determining cutaneous temperature sensitivity

scientific article published on 21 August 2011

Respiratory drive during sudden cold water immersion

scientific article published on 01 October 1987

Respiratory muscle endurance training: effect on normoxic and hypoxic exercise performance

scientific article published in March 2010

Response to the letter to the editor by Kristensen MM, Helge JW and Dela F

scientific article published on 31 July 2015

Separate and Combined Effects of Hypoxia and Horizontal Bed Rest on Retinal Blood Vessel Diameters.

scientific article published in September 2016

Separate and combined effects of 21-day bed rest and hypoxic confinement on body composition.

scientific article published on 5 August 2014

Separate and combined effects of a 10-d exposure to hypoxia and inactivity on oxidative function in vivo and mitochondrial respiration ex vivo in humans

scientific article published on 19 May 2016

Severe hypoxia during incremental exercise to exhaustion provokes negative post-exercise affects.

scientific article published on 20 January 2016

Shivering thermogenesis during acute hypercapnia

scientific article published on 01 March 1994

Short intermittent hypoxic exposures augment ventilation but do not alter regional cerebral and muscle oxygenation during hypoxic exercise.

scientific article published on 02 March 2012

Strategies for increasing evaporative cooling during simulated desert patrol mission.

scientific article published on 22 June 2015

Substrate utilisation during exercise and shivering

scientific article published on 01 January 1997

Sweat secretion from palmar and dorsal surfaces of the hands during passive and active heating

scientific article published in November 2008

Sweat secretion from the torso during passively-induced and exercise-related hyperthermia.

scientific article published on 20 December 2007

Systemic Hypoxia Increases the Expression of DPP4 in Preadipocytes of Healthy Human Participants.

scientific article published on 26 September 2017

Tear film bubble formation after decompression

scientific article published on 01 December 1992

Temperature and humidity within the clothing microenvironment

scientific article published on 01 March 1992

Temperature dependence of habituation of the initial responses to cold-water immersion

scientific article published on 01 August 1998

The Effect of Bed Rest and Hypoxic Environment on Postural Balance and Trunk Automatic (Re)Actions in Young Healthy Males

scientific article published on 25 January 2018

The Effect of Low Ambient Relative Humidity on Physical Performance and Perceptual Responses during Load Carriage

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The Effect of Normobaric Hypoxic Confinement on Metabolism, Gut Hormones, and Body Composition

scientific article published on 02 June 2016

The LunHab project: Muscle and bone alterations in male participants following a 10 day lunar habitat simulation

scientific article published on 04 July 2019

The aetiology of spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome might be explained by a neural mechanism regulating intraocular pressure

scientific article published on 02 March 2020

The core interthreshold zone during exposure to red and blue light ⬇️

scientific article published on April 12, 2013

The effect of 30% nitrous oxide on thermoregulatory responses in humans during hypothermia

scientific article published in April 1992

The effect of a Live-high Train-high exercise regimen on behavioural temperature regulation.

scientific article published on 26 December 2016

The effect of a live-high/train-high regimen on emotional state.

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The effect of a sleep high-train low regimen on the finger cold-induced vasodilation response.

scientific article published in March 2012

The effect of exercise-induced elevation in core temperature on cold-induced vasodilatation response in toes

scientific article published on 25 March 2009

The effect of hot days on occupational heat stress in the manufacturing industry: implications for workers' well-being and productivity

scientific article published on 30 March 2018

The effect of hyperbaric oxygen treatment on early regeneration of sensory axons after nerve crush in the rat

scientific article published on 01 September 2002

The effect of season and light intensity on the core interthreshold zone.

scientific article published in January 2011

The effect of straining maneuvers on G-protection during assisted pressure breathing.

scientific article published in August 2003

The increased oxygen uptake upon immersion. The raised external pressure could be a causative factor

scientific article published on 01 January 1989

The influence of a sustained 10-day hypoxic bed rest on cartilage biomarkers and subchondral bone in females: The FemHab study

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

The influence of apparel on aerodynamic drag in running

scientific article published on 01 July 1987

The influence of fatigue-induced increase in relative work rate on temperature regulation during exercise

scientific article published on 18 January 2008

The pattern of breathing during hypoxic exercise

scientific article published on 01 January 1987

The role of shivering thermogenesis and total body insulation in core cooling rate

scientific article published on 01 April 1987

The separate and combined effects of hypoxia and sustained recumbency/inactivity on sleep architecture.

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The trainability and contralateral response of cold-induced vasodilatation in the fingers following repeated cold exposure

scientific article published on 12 April 2008

Thermal comfort zone of the hands, feet and head in males and females.

scientific article published on 13 July 2017

Thermoregulation in athletic racing apparel

scientific article published on 01 July 1987

Thermoregulatory responses of circum-pubertal children

scientific article published on 01 January 1996

Validation of the Fiala multi-node thermophysiological model for UTCI application

scientific article published on 08 June 2011

Whole body and regional body composition changes following 10-day hypoxic confinement and unloading-inactivity

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Whole muscle contractile parameters and thickness loss during 35-day bed rest

scientific article published on 23 February 2008

eAMI: a qualitative quantification of periodic breathing based on amplitude of oscillations

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