| The Tobacco Reference Guide
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| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 13 Physical fitness and carbon monoxide |
| tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour |
| Smoking may impair acclimatization to high altitudes and may cause a decreased |
| capacity for oxygen delivery to the lungs. In a study of 109 men working on a project in |
| Peru at an altitude of 10,500 feet, (3200 meters), ten had to return to lower altitude for |
| nonmedical reason, all of whom were smokers. |
| High Altitude Medicine, Herbert Hultgren, Hultgren Publications, 1997, pp. 178 |
| and 470 |
| tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour saut |
| Page 3 of 5 |
| globalink (artefact pour saut de ligne) |
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