Tibetan protection from intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and reproductive loss at high altitude

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 635-644

  Moore, Lorna G ^a,c   Young, David ^b   McCullough, Robert E ^b   Droma, Tarshi ^b   Zamudio, Stacy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Tibet Institute of Medical Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILDBIRTH; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL MORTALITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TIME;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; TIBET;

EID: 0034883409     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.1102     Document Type: Article

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