Anthropometric variables affecting hemoglobin levels in high and low altitude populations

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 571-574

  Khalid, Mohammad M ^a,b   Ali, Mohammad E ^a   El Karib, Abbass O ^a   Ahmed, Mohammad K ^a   Mahmoud, Mohammad W ^a  

^a Department of Physiology ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Altitude; Anthropometry; Hemoglobin

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442438922     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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