Oxygen saturation increases during childhood and decreases during adulthood among high altitude native Tibetans residing at 3800-4200 m

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-32

  Beall, Cynthia M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age differences; High altitude; Oxygen saturation; Tibetans

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; SEX FACTORS; TIBET;

EID: 0034158079     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152702900320658     Document Type: Article

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