Tradeoffs between oxygen and energy in tibial growth at high altitude

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 662-668

  Bailey, Stephen M ^a   Xu, J ^b   Feng, J H ^b   Hu, X ^c   Zhang, C ^b   Qui, S ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BONE GROWTH; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD GROWTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; HYPOXIA; LEG LENGTH; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIBIA; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; OXYGEN; TIBET; TIBIA;

EID: 34648827239     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20667     Document Type: Conference Paper

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