Plateau medicine and human physiology research in Kekexili area of Qinghai Province, the data are from the comprehensive scientific investigation of Kekexili area carried out from May to August 1990. With the human marching into the plateau area, plateau medicine, a main branch of environmental medicine, is quietly rising. Although the research of plateau medicine has gone through more than a century (1987), many mechanisms remain unresolved. Medical scientists have organized academic mountaineering for many times to carry out Alpine medical investigation (West JB, 1982; Wu T, y, 1992). However, most of them are limited to observing the changes of the internal environment of the aircraft through the intense movement of climbing mountains, which is far from the daily life and labor of human beings on the plateau. After almost all the mountains in the world have been conquered by human beings, there are still a few highland hinterlands that have not been set foot in. Hoh Xil is such a "no man's land" on the earth. The magical color and adventurous career are attracting brave explorers. The effects of high altitude hypoxia, low temperature, low humidity and strong ultraviolet on human body are the most attractive research fields in Applied Physiology.

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The data set was stored in Excel format, including 10 workbooks. 1. The relationship between peripheral edema and the incidence of AMS. 2. The incidence of various symptoms of AMS after entering 5000m altitude and the comparison with literature. 3. The incidence and changes of AMS symptoms after entering 5000m altitude for three months. 4. The distribution of AMS patients. 5. The dynamic changes of Hb and HCT after long-term living in 5000m altitude. 6 The dynamic changes of ECG data in 7 and 3 months (x ̅ SE) 8. The changes of heart shape and blood pumping function before and after 3 months 9. The dynamic changes of lung function and blood oxygen saturation at different altitudes and at different times 10. The dynamic changes of eight urine biochemical indexes at 5000 m altitude are described in detail in the table The data of various diseases and incidence rate were obtained.

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Feng, Z. (2021). Plateau medicine and human physiology in Hoh Xil area of Qinghai Province (may August 1990). A Big Earth Data Platform for Three Poles, DOI: 10.11888/HumanNat.tpdc.272560. CSTR: 18406.11.HumanNat.tpdc.272560. (Download the reference： RIS | Bibtex )

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