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PUGH1, observing on Everest pressures “higher than those calculated according to the standard altimeter calibration” with differences physiologically important above 18,000 ft., rejects the International Commission for Air Navigation (ICAN) ‘atmosphere’, preferring the temporarily more convenient formula of Zuntz et al. 2. This formula promises to achieve a mystical superiority in high-altitude physiology3.
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KAY, R. Standard Atmospheres in Respiratory Physiology. Nature 182, 1032–1033 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1821032a0
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