Growth of Qinghai tibetans living at three different high altitudes

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-88

  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)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; High altitude hypoxia; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau; Thorax growth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; THORAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GROWTH; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEX FACTORS; TIBET;

EID: 0033987409     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(200001)111:1<69::AID-AJPA5>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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