Morphological growth of man boys and girls born and raised near sea level and at high altitude in Western China

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 665-681

  Weitz, Charles A ^a   Garruto, Ralph M ^b   Chin, Chen Ting ^c   Liu, Ji Chuan ^c   Liu, Rui Ling ^d   He, Xing ^d  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^d Qinghai Bureau of Public Health   (China)

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EID: 0009684931     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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