Higher arterial oxygen saturation during submaximal exercise in Bolivian Aymara compared to European sojourners and Europeans born and raised at high altitude

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 169-181

  Brutsaert, Tom D ^a,c   Araoz, Mauricio ^b   Soria, Rudy ^b   Spielvogel, Hilde ^b   Haas, Jere D ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^b Instituto Boliviano de Biologia de Altura   (Bolivia)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Amerindian; Developmental adaptation; Genetic adaptation; Hypoxia; Lung diffusion capacity; Tibet

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PULSE OXIMETRY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BOLIVIA; EUROPE; EXERCISE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; OXYGEN;

EID: 0034526581     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-8644(200010)113:2<169::AID-AJPA3>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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