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Nutritional Needs in Cold and High-Altitude Environments Applications for Military Personnel in Field Operations (1996) / Chapter Skim
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... National Academy Press CAbbreviations a-TE ACTH ADH AFFS AGARD AMS AMS-C ANF ALP APRE AR 40-25 BMR BTPS BV CID CMNR CNS CRTC CSF a-tocopherol equivalent adrenocorticotropic hormon antidiuretic hormone Army Field Feeding System Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development acute mountain sickness acute mountain sickness-cerebral atrial natriuretic factor atrial natriuretic peptide U.K. Army Personnel Research Establishment Army Regulation 40-25 basal metabolic rate body temperature pressure saturated blood volume cold-induced diuresis Committee on Military Nutrition Research central nervous system U.S.
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... 502 NUTRITIONAL NEEDS IN COLD AND IN HIGH-ALTITUDE ENVIRONMENTS CSIR Council for Scientific and Industrial Research DCIEM Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine, Department of National Defence, Canada DISCOM Division Support Command DEW doubly labeled water DoD Department of Defense DSA Division Support Area ECV extracellular volume ECWCS U.S. Army Extended-Cold-Weather Clothing System EEG electroencephalogram EMG electromyogram EOG electrooculogram ERPF effective renal plasma flow ESADDI Estimated Safe and Adequate Daily Dietary Intake ESQ Environmental Symptoms Questionnaire FAO/WHO/UNU Food and Agricultural Organization/World Health Organization/United Nations University FAD Ravine adenine dinucleotide LEVI forced expiratory volume in 1 second FFM fat-free mass FIO2 fraction of inspired oxygen FOB Food and Nutrition Board GFR glomerular filtration rate GPX glutathione peroxide HACK high-altitude cerebral edema HAPE high-altitude pulmonary edema HPVR hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstrictive response HVR hypoxic ventilatory response ICV intracellular volume IOM Institute of Medicine ISA iodinated serum albumin IU international unit KCLFF Kitchen Company Level Field Feeding equipment LLRP Long-Life Ration Packet LRP I Long-Range Patrol, Improved LRP II Long-Range Patrol II MIG micronutrient intake goal MKT Mobile Kitchen Trailer MRDA Military Recommended Dietary Allowance MRE Meal, Ready-to-Eat MWM Morris water maze NAD nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide NE norepinephrine NMR nuclear magnetic resonance
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... Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine maximal oxygen uptake
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  • army cold
  • personnel research
  • oxygen uptake
  • cold regions
  • temperature pressure

  • natriuretic factor
  • factor atrial
  • metabolic rate
  • maximal oxygen
  • test center

  • army personnel
  • basal metabolic
  • mountain sickness
  • blood volume
  • antidiuretic hormone

  • cerebrospinal fluid
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