Morphological growth and thorax dimensions among Tibetan compared to Han children, adolescents and young adults born and raised at high altitude

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 292-310

  Weitz, C A ^a   Garruto, R M ^b,c   Chin, Chen Ting ^d   Liu, Ji Chuan ^d  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH DETERMINATION; MORPHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; THORAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; THORAX; TIBET;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

AYMARA;

EID: 3042802376     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0301446042000196316     Document Type: Article

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