 Altitude
"Altitude" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A vertical distance measured from a known level on the surface of a planet or other celestial body.
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D000531
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G16.500.275.058 N06.230.058
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Altitude" by people in this website by year, and whether "Altitude" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Altitude" by people in Profiles.
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Ou LC, Faulkner C, Tam V, Leiter JC. Liver function in rats acclimatized to a simulated altitude of 5500 m. High Alt Med Biol. 2013 Dec; 14(4):375-82.
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Middleton AD, Kauffman MJ, McWhirter DE, Cook JG, Cook RC, Nelson AA, Jimenez MD, Klaver RW. Animal migration amid shifting patterns of phenology and predation: lessons from a Yellowstone elk herd. Ecology. 2013 Jun; 94(6):1245-56.
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Deng T, Wang X, Fortelius M, Li Q, Wang Y, Tseng ZJ, Takeuchi GT, Saylor JE, Säilä LK, Xie G. Out of Tibet: Pliocene woolly rhino suggests high-plateau origin of Ice Age megaherbivores. Science. 2011 Sep 02; 333(6047):1285-8.
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Foster PP, Feiveson AH, Glowinski R, Izygon M, Boriek AM. A model for influence of exercise on formation and growth of tissue bubbles during altitude decompression. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2000 Dec; 279(6):R2304-16.
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