Lung function of Han Chinese born and raised near sea level and at high altitude in Western China

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 494-510

  Weitz, Charles A ^a   Garruto, Ralph M ^b,c   Chin, Chen Ting ^d   Liu, Ji Chuan ^d   Liu, Rui Ling ^e   He, Xing ^e  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^e Qinghai Bureau of Public Health   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GROWTH ACCELERATION; GROWTH PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL; SITTING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0036302449     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.10063     Document Type: Article

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