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Ventilation and hypoxic ventilatory response of Tibetan and Aymara high altitude natives.
American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Dec 1997
Beall C M, Strohl K P, Blangero J, Williams-Blangero S, Almasy L A, Decker M J, Worthman C M, Goldstein M C, Vargas E, Villena M, Soria R, Alarcon A M, Gonzales C
Abstract excerpt
Newcomers acclimatizing to high altitude and adult male Tibetan high altitude natives have increased ventilation relative to sea level natives at sea level. However, Andean and Rocky Mountain high altitude natives have an intermediate level of ventilation lower than that of newcomers and Tibetan high altitude natives although generally higher than that of sea level natives at sea level. Because the reason for the...
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