Highest permanent human habitation

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 401-407

  West, John B ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Acclimatization; High altitude; Hypoxia tolerance; Mining; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CHILE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INDIA; MINER; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036924371     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/15270290260512882     Document Type: Article

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