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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 6.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Vasc Pharmacol. 2013 Sep;11(5):616–640. doi: 10.2174/1570161111311050006

Fig. (4). High-altitude travel is accompanied by reduced ambient PO2.

Fig. (4)

Human infants are born at altitudes ranging from sea level to about 5,100 m. We highlight work from two high altitude field stations that are at elevations similar to high-altitude cities in Tibet and Bolivia. This graph is based on Boyle's law, where the partial pressure of a gas is inversely related to the altitude.