Hemoglobin concentration of high-altitude Tibetans and Bolivian Aymara

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 385-400

  Beall, Cynthia M ^a   Brittenham, Gary M ^a   Strohl, Kingman P ^a   Blangero, John ^b   Williams Blangero, Sarah ^b   Goldstein, Melvyn C ^a   Decker, Michael J ^a   Vargas, Enrique ^c   Villena, Mercedes ^c   Soria, Rudy ^c   Alarcon, Ana Maria ^c   Gonzales, Cristina ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Instituto Boliviano de Biologia de Altura   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Heritability; High altitude hypoxia; High altitude natives; National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SAMPLING;

EID: 18844477951     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199807)106:3<385::AID-AJPA10>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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