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Hypoxia occurs if the oxygen requirement of the tissues is greater than the oxygen supply. In man at rest the basal requirement is fixed and if supply does not match this demand, normal function is interrupted.
This work was supported by grants HE-06242 and HE-12174 from the National Heart Institute and by the Boeing Employees’ Medical Research Fund.
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Lenfant, C., Torrance, J.D., Woodson, R., Finch, C.A. (1970). Adaptation to Hypoxia. In: Brewer, G.J. (eds) Red Cell Metabolism and Function. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 6. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3195-7_14
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