Blood pressures of sherpa men in modernizing Nepal

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 469-479

  Smith, Chery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0000393702     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6300(1999)11:4<469::AID-AJHB6>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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