Oxygen saturation and heart rate in healthy school children and adolescents living at high altitude

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 761-770

  Huicho, L ^a,c   Pawson, I G ^b   Leon Velarde F ^c,d   Rivera Ch, M ^c   Pacheco, A ^e   Muro, M ^e   Silva, J ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d ARPE   (France)

^e Broken Hill Proprietary Tintaya SA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH STATUS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MINING; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALTITUDE; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; LINEAR MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXYGEN; PERU; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0035182806     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.1122     Document Type: Article

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