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THE EFFECTS OF ALTITUDE ON HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
Title: THE EFFECTS OF ALTITUDE ON HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
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THE EFFECTS OF ALTITUDE ON HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
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THE EFFECTS OF ALTITUDE ON HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
Changes in altitude have a profound effect on the human body. The body
attempts to maintain a state of homeostasis or balance to ensure the optimal
operating environment for its complex chemical systems. Any change from this
homeostasis is a change away from the optimal operating environment. The body
attempts to correct this imbalance. One such imbalance is the effect of
increasing altitude on the body's ability to …showed first 75 words of 3877 total…
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