Why would I have a different agenda?
Sorry, I'm in a bad mood, have spent the morning with a gabble of qualified nurses-enough to make anyone depressed
I interpret that as a good (high) level of haemaglobin would not make you more (or less) susceptible to carbon monoxide.
I guess in theory, a lower level of haemoglobin would make you more succeptible to poisoning, but in practice, I guess the difference seen would be neglible.
The stuff is so lethal, because it wraps itself around the oxygen carrying red blood cell, 200 times more than oxygen does. (a 0.1% concentration of CO will reduce the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood by about 50%).
Have you never noticed how tired smokers get- that's why
Age is a factor (in Mice!), doesn't look like slim slag is playing, (he's got a few problems with shed envy), but have a look at medline
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/en...ubmed_RVDocSum
Try using the search terms CARBON MONOXIDE AND LETHALITY as a starting point.