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The stable isotope ratios of marijuana. II. Strontium isotopes relate to geographic origin.

West JB, Hurley JM, Dudás FO, Ehleringer JR.

J Forensic Sci. 2009 Nov;54(6):1261-9. Epub 2009 Oct 5.PMID: 19804525 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Comparative physiology of the pulmonary blood-gas barrier: the unique avian solution.

West JB.

Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2009 Dec;297(6):R1625-34. Epub 2009 Sep 30.PMID: 19793953 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Tolerance to hypoxia.

West JB.

High Alt Med Biol. 2009 Fall;10(3):203. No abstract available. PMID: 19775206 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Tracing retail cannabis in the United States: Geographic origin and cultivation patterns.

Hurley JM, West JB, Ehleringer JR.

Int J Drug Policy. 2009 Sep 16. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19765966 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Tree species fine-root demography parallels habitat specialization across a sandhill soil resource gradient.

Espeleta JF, West JB, Donovan LA.

Ecology. 2009 Jul;90(7):1773-87.PMID: 19694127 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Ventilation-perfusion inequality in the human lung is not increased following no-decompression-stop hyperbaric exposure.

Moore GS, Wong SC, Darquenne C, Neuman TS, West JB, Kim Prisk G.

Eur J Appl Physiol. 2009 Nov;107(5):545-52. Epub 2009 Aug 19.PMID: 19690884 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Arterial blood measurements in climbers on Mount Everest.

West JB.

Lancet. 2009 May 9;373(9675):1589-90. No abstract available. PMID: 19427943 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Who should not go high?

West JB.

High Alt Med Biol. 2009 Spring;10(1):1-2. No abstract available. PMID: 19278346 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A new approach to very-high-altitude land travel: the train to Lhasa, Tibet.

West JB.

Ann Intern Med. 2008 Dec 16;149(12):898-900.PMID: 19075209 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Stable isotope ratios of marijuana. I. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes describe growth conditions.

West JB, Hurley JM, Ehleringer JR.

J Forensic Sci. 2009 Jan;54(1):84-9. Epub 2008 Nov 1.PMID: 19040673 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Ibn al-Nafis, the pulmonary circulation, and the Islamic Golden Age.

West JB.

J Appl Physiol. 2008 Dec;105(6):1877-80. Epub 2008 Oct 9.PMID: 18845773 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Challenges in teaching the mechanics of breathing to medical and graduate students.

West JB.

Adv Physiol Educ. 2008 Sep;32(3):177-84.PMID: 18794237 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The major limitation to exercise performance in COPD is inadequate energy supply to the respiratory and locomotor muscles vs. lower limb muscle dysfunction vs. dynamic hyperinflation. Defining 'dynamic hyperinflation'.

West JB.

J Appl Physiol. 2008 Aug;105(2):758. No abstract available. PMID: 18678628 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A study of the reactive intermediate IF and I atoms with photoelectron spectroscopy.

Innocenti F, Eypper M, Beccaceci S, Morris A, Stranges S, West JB, King GC, Dyke JM.

J Phys Chem A. 2008 Jul 31;112(30):6939-49. Epub 2008 Jul 10.PMID: 18613659 [PubMed]Related articles

Genomics and high altitude.

West JB.

High Alt Med Biol. 2008 Summer;9(2):103. No abstract available. PMID: 18578637 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A simplified GIS approach to modeling global leaf water isoscapes.

West JB, Sobek A, Ehleringer JR.

PLoS One. 2008 Jun 18;3(6):e2447.PMID: 18560592 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Lung function is unchanged in the 1 G environment following 6-months exposure to microgravity.

Prisk GK, Fine JM, Cooper TK, West JB.

Eur J Appl Physiol. 2008 Aug;103(6):617-23. Epub 2008 May 7.PMID: 18481079 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Last word on Point:Counterpoint: Gravity is/is not the major factor determining the distribution of blood flow in the human lung.

Hughes M, West JB.

J Appl Physiol. 2008 May;104(5):1539. No abstract available. PMID: 18450995 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The Qinghai-Tibet railway.

West JB.

High Alt Med Biol. 2008 Spring;9(1):1-2. No abstract available. PMID: 18331212 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

J.S. Haldane and some of his contributions to physiology.

West JB.

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2008;605:9-15.PMID: 18085239 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Point: Gravity is the major factor determining the distribution of blood flow in the human lung.

Hughes M, West JB.

J Appl Physiol. 2008 May;104(5):1531-3. Epub 2007 Nov 15. No abstract available. PMID: 18006864 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Minimal distensibility of pulmonary capillaries in avian lungs compared with mammalian lungs.

Watson RR, Fu Z, West JB.

Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2008 Feb 1;160(2):208-14. Epub 2007 Sep 29.PMID: 17981521 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Geography and vintage predicted by a novel GIS model of wine delta18O.

West JB, Ehleringer JR, Cerling TE.

J Agric Food Chem. 2007 Aug 22;55(17):7075-83. Epub 2007 Jul 21.PMID: 17658829 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Plant diversity, CO2, and N influence inorganic and organic N leaching in grasslands.

Dijkstra FA, West JB, Hobbie SE, Reich PB, Trost J.

Ecology. 2007 Feb;88(2):490-500.PMID: 17479766 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Major differences in the pulmonary circulation between birds and mammals.

West JB, Watson RR, Fu Z.

Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2007 Aug 1;157(2-3):382-90. Epub 2006 Dec 19.PMID: 17222589 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Point: the lactate paradox does/does not occur during exercise at high altitude.

West JB.

J Appl Physiol. 2007 Jun;102(6):2398-9. Epub 2007 Jan 11. No abstract available. PMID: 17218432 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The human lung: did evolution get it wrong?

West JB, Watson RR, Fu Z.

Eur Respir J. 2007 Jan;29(1):11-7. Review. Erratum in: Eur Respir J. 2007 Apr;29(4):823. PMID: 17197481 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Completion of the railroad to Lhasa.

West JB.

High Alt Med Biol. 2006 Winter;7(4):263-4. No abstract available. PMID: 17173508 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Morphometry of the extremely thin pulmonary blood-gas barrier in the chicken lung.

Watson RR, Fu Z, West JB.

Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2007 Mar;292(3):L769-77. Epub 2006 Nov 17.PMID: 17114279 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Adventures in high-altitude physiology.

West JB.

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2006;588:7-16.PMID: 17089875 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Vulnerability of pulmonary capillaries during severe exercise.

West JB.

Br J Sports Med. 2006 Oct;40(10):821. No abstract available. PMID: 17021008 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Georges Dreyer (1873-1934) and a forgotten episode of respiratory physiology at Oxford.

West JB, Sidebottom E.

J Med Biogr. 2006 Aug;14(3):140-9.PMID: 16845458 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Permanent residents at high altitude: our uniquely international discipline.

West JB.

High Alt Med Biol. 2006 Summer;7(2):93. No abstract available. PMID: 16764520 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Stable isotopes as one of nature's ecological recorders.

West JB, Bowen GJ, Cerling TE, Ehleringer JR.

Trends Ecol Evol. 2006 Jul;21(7):408-14. Epub 2006 May 2. Review.PMID: 16753238 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Nitrogen limitation constrains sustainability of ecosystem response to CO2.

Reich PB, Hobbie SE, Lee T, Ellsworth DS, West JB, Tilman D, Knops JM, Naeem S, Trost J.

Nature. 2006 Apr 13;440(7086):922-5.PMID: 16612381 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Vital capacity, respiratory muscle strength, and pulmonary gas exchange during long-duration exposure to microgravity.

Prisk GK, Fine JM, Cooper TK, West JB.

J Appl Physiol. 2006 Aug;101(2):439-47. Epub 2006 Apr 6.PMID: 16601306 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Challenging the Altitudes: one-day conference on the history of altitude medicine, December 5, 2005, Manchester, UK.

West JB.

High Alt Med Biol. 2006 Spring;7(1):90-1. No abstract available. PMID: 16544973 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Height of Mt. Everest: physiological and medical implications.

West JB.

High Alt Med Biol. 2006 Spring;7(1):1-2. No abstract available. PMID: 16544959 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A strategy for determining arterial blood gases on the summit of Mt. Everest.

Catron TF, Powell FL, West JB.

BMC Physiol. 2006 Mar 8;6:3.PMID: 16524477 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The honeycomb-like structure of the bird lung allows a uniquely thin blood-gas barrier.

West JB, Watson RR, Fu Z.

Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2006 May;152(1):115-8. Epub 2006 Jan 20. Review.PMID: 16431166 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

How well designed is the human lung?

West JB.

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006 Mar 15;173(6):583-4. Epub 2005 Dec 30. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 16387797 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Pulmonary gas exchange is not impaired 24 h after extravehicular activity.

Prisk GK, Fine JM, Cooper TK, West JB.

J Appl Physiol. 2005 Dec;99(6):2233-8. Epub 2005 Aug 25.PMID: 16123205 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The physiological challenges of the 1952 Copenhagen poliomyelitis epidemic and a renaissance in clinical respiratory physiology.

West JB.

J Appl Physiol. 2005 Aug;99(2):424-32.PMID: 16020437 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Legume species identity and soil nitrogen supply determine symbiotic nitrogen-fixation responses to elevated atmospheric [CO2].

West JB, HilleRisLambers J, Lee TD, Hobbie SE, Reich PB.

New Phytol. 2005 Aug;167(2):523-30. Erratum in: New Phytol. 2005 Sep;167(3):913. PMID: 15998403 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Thin and strong! The bioengineering dilemma in the structural and functional design of the blood-gas barrier.

Maina JN, West JB.

Physiol Rev. 2005 Jul;85(3):811-44. Review.PMID: 15987796 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The hypoxia symposia: a 25-year-old tradition now stronger than ever.

West JB.

High Alt Med Biol. 2005 Spring;6(1):1-2. No abstract available. PMID: 15772492 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Paralysis and blindness during a balloon ascent to high altitude.

West JB.

High Alt Med Biol. 2004 Winter;5(4):453-6.PMID: 15671636 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Robert Boyle's landmark book of 1660 with the first experiments on rarified air.

West JB.

J Appl Physiol. 2005 Jan;98(1):31-9.PMID: 15591301 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The physiologic basis of high-altitude diseases.

West JB; American College of Physicians; American Physiological Society.

Ann Intern Med. 2004 Nov 16;141(10):789-800. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 15545679 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Understanding pulmonary gas exchange: ventilation-perfusion relationships.

West JB.

Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2004 Dec;287(6):L1071-2.PMID: 15531755 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article