Percent of oxygen saturation of arterial hemoglobin among Bolivian Aymara at 3,900-4,000 m

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-51

  Beall, Cynthia M ^a   Almasy, Laura A ^b   Blangero, John ^b   Williams Blangero, Sarah ^b   Brittenham, Gary M ^c   Strohl, Kingman P ^d   Decker, Michael J ^a   Vargas, Enrique ^e   Villena, Mercedes ^e   Soria, Rudy ^e   Alarcon, Ana Maria ^e   Gonzales, Cristina ^e  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Instituto Boliviano de Biologia de Altura   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Andean; Heritability; Hypoxia; Quantitative genetics; Tibetan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; CHINA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STRESS;

EID: 0032953327     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199901)108:1<41::AID-AJPA2>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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