Hematological parameters in high altitude residents living at 4355, 4660, and 5500 meters above sea level

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-104

  León Velarde, Fabiola ^a   Gamboa, Alfredo ^a   Chuquiza, Jenny A ^b   Esteba, Williams A ^b   Rivera Chira, Maria ^a   Monge, C Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL ALTIPLANO   (Peru)

Author keywords

Aging; Andes; Chronic mountain sickness; Erythremia; Gender differences

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERU; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCYTHEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; POLYCYTHEMIA; REFERENCE VALUES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0034208164     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/15270290050074233     Document Type: Article

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