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Books by ARC Associates

Proceedings of the International Hypoxia Symposia

Sports and exercise medicine

Bibliography of high altitude medicine and physiology

The effects of iron deficiency and variation in hemoglobin concentration on steady-state exercise performance in males resident at high altitude (La Paz, Bolivia)

Effects of exercise on acute mountain sickness

Bibliography of high altitude medicine

Bibliography of high altitude medicine and physiology

Dexamethasone for Prevention and Treatment of Acute Mountain Sickness

Trekking in Pakistan and India

Mountain sickness: prevention, recognition & treatment

The Role of Barometric Pressure in High Altitude Illness

20th anniversary of AMREE (American Medical Research Expedition to Everest)

Books by Thomas Hornbein

High altitude: an exploration of human adaptation

Regulation of breathing, Part 1

Everest: The West Ridge

Everest, the west ridge: photographs from the American Mount Everest

Human Cerebral Function at High Altitude

High altitude: an exploration of human adaptation editied by Thomas F Hornbein

Thomas Hornbein papers

Books by Charles Houston

Hypoxia, man at altitude

High altitude: illness and wellness

Hypoxia and cold

Going higher: the story of man and altitude

K2, The Savage Mountain: The Classic True Story of Disaster and Survival on K2