Peruvian contributions to the study on human reproduction at high altitude: From the chronicles of the Spanish conquest to the present

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 158, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 172-179

  Gonzales, Gustavo F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Antiquity; Genetic admixture; High altitude; Perinatal mortality; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FERTILITY; FETUS MORTALITY; HUMAN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SPAIN; SURVIVAL;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; AMERICAN NATIVE CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANOXIA; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; OXYGEN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERU; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SPAIN;

EID: 34548686373     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2007.03.015     Document Type: Review

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