Oxygen transport in Tibetan women during pregnancy at 3,658 M

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 42-53

  Moore, Lorna G ^a,c   Zamudio, Stacy ^a   Zhuang, Jianguo ^b   Sun, Shinfu ^b   Droma, Tarshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Tibet Institute of Medical Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Evolution; Fetal growth; High altitude adaptation; Himalayas; Hypoxia; Neonatal survival; Tibetans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LUNG VENTILATION; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PREGNANCY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALTITUDE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; OXYGEN; PREGNANCY; TIBET; UTERUS;

EID: 0035162201     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-8644(200101)114:1<42::AID-AJPA1004>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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