Effect of developmental and ancestral high-altitude exposure on VO2peak of andean and European/North American natives

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 435-455

  Brutsaert, Tom D ^a,d   Spielvogel, Hilde ^b   Soria, Rudy ^b   Caceres, Esperanza ^b   Buzenet, Giliane ^c   Haas, Jere D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Instituto Boliviano de Biologia de Altura   (Bolivia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Exercise; Human adaptation; Hypoxia; Migrant study design; Physical activity level; Physical work capacity

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; VITAL CAPACITY; WORK CAPACITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; BOLIVIA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032756341     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199912)110:4<435::AID-AJPA5>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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