Elevated pulmonary artery pressure among Amhara highlanders in Ethiopia

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 168-176

  Hoit, Brian D ^a   Dalton, Nancy D ^b   Gebremedhin, Amha ^c   Janocha, Allison ^d   Zimmerman, Peter A ^a   Zimmerman, Allison M ^a   Strohl, Kingman P ^a   Erzurum, Serpil C ^d   Beall, Cynthia M ^e  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; NITRATE; NITRITE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHIOPIA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEART VENTRICLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; UNITED STATES; URINE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHIOPIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITRITES; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; PULMONARY ARTERY; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79851496074     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21130     Document Type: Article

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