Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.