Does hypoxia impair ovarian function in Bolivian women indigenous to high altitude?

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-49

  Vitzthum, Virginia J ^a   Ellison, P T ^b   Sukalich, S ^b   Caceres, E ^c   Spielvogel, Hilde ^c  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bolivian Inst High Altitude Biol   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Progesterone; Proximate determinants; Quechua

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BOLIVIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; BIRTH RATE; BOLIVIA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; LUTEAL PHASE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PROGESTERONE; SALIVA;

EID: 0034158291     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152702900320676     Document Type: Article

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