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. 2020 Apr;598(8):1419-1420.
doi: 10.1113/JP279555. Epub 2020 Mar 13.

With haemoglobin as with politics - should we shift right or left?

Jerome A Dempsey  1
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With haemoglobin as with politics - should we shift right or left?

Jerome A Dempsey. J Physiol. 2020 Apr.
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Keywords: O2 transport; high altitude hypoxia; high vs low HbO2 affinity.

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