Lung volume, chest size, and hematological variation in low-, medium-, and high-altitude Central Asian populations

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-59

  Fiori, Giovanni ^a   Facchini, Fiorenzo ^a   Ismagulov, Orazak ^b   Ismagulova, Ainagul ^b   Tarazona Santos, Eduardo ^a   Pettener, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF IONOSPHERE   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Anthropometry; Hypoxia; Kazakhs; Kirghiz; Physiology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; ERYTHROCYTE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; STRESS; USSR;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ASIA, CENTRAL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; THORAX;

EID: 0033838674     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-8644(200009)113:1<47::AID-AJPA5>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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