Body size, composition, and blood pressure of high-altitude Quechua from the Peruvian Central Andes

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 539-547

  Toselli, Stefania ^a   Tarazona Santos, Eduardo ^a   Pettener, Davide ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ADULT; AGE; ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY BUILD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; INFORMATION; LEG; MALE; OBESITY; PERU; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SCAPULA; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOMATOTYPE; TECHNIQUE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; TRUNK;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOMATOTYPES;

EID: 0034949409     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.1086     Document Type: Article

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