Open AccessEffects on colour discrimination during long term exposure to high altitudes on Mt Everest
Author(s) -
Gabriel Willmann,
Iliya V. Ivanov,
M. Dominik Fischer,
S. Lahiri,
Ramesh Pokharel,
Annette Werner,
Tejvir S. Khurana
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
british journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.016
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1468-2079
pISSN - 0007-1161
DOI - 10.1136/bjo.2009.178491
Subject(s) - altitude (triangle) , effects of high altitude on humans , medicine , audiology , low altitude , ophthalmology , optometry , mathematics , anatomy , geometry
To investigate changes in colour discrimination as a result of chronic hypoxic exposure induced by extreme altitudes (above 8000 m) during an expedition to Mt Everest.
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