<P><EM>Foreword </EM></P><P><EM>Acknowledgments</EM> </P><P>1. History of high altitude medicine and physiology </P><B><P>SECTION I. THE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS PEOPLE </P></B><P>2. The atmosphere </P><P>3. Geography </P><P>4. High altitude residents </P><P>5. Travelers and workers at high altitude </P><P>6. Genetics and genomics of exposure to high altitude </P><B><P>SECTION II. PHYSIOLOGIC RESPONSES TO HYPOXIA </P></B><P>7. Acclimatization </P><P>8. Pulmonary gas exchange </P><P>9. Control of breathing </P><P>10. Oxygen affinity and acid-base balance </P><P>11. Cardiovascular system </P><P>12. Central nervous system </P><P>13. Hematologic responses </P><P>14. Peripheral tissues </P><P>15. Energy balance and metabolism </P><P>16. Endocrine and metabolism </P><P>17. Sleep </P><P>18. Exercise </P><P>19. Physiology of extreme altitude </P><B><P>SECTION III. CLINICAL HIGH ALTITUDE MEDICINE </P></B><P>20. Acute mountain sickness </P><P>21. High altitude cerebral edema </P><P>22. High altitude pulmonary edema </P><P>23. Other medical conditions that occur at high altitude </P><P>24. Chronic altitude illness </P><P>25. High altitude travel with preexisting medical conditions </P><P>26. Children, the elderly, and women at high altitude </P><P>27. Other environmental illnesses in the mountains </P><I><P>Index </P></I><P></P>