Article
Hemoglobin concentration of high-altitude Tibetans and Bolivian Aymara.
American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Jul 1998
Beall C M, Brittenham G M, Strohl K P, Blangero J, Williams-Blangero S, Goldstein M C, Decker M J, Vargas E, Villena M, Soria R, Alarcon A M, Gonzales C
Abstract excerpt
Elevated hemoglobin concentrations have been reported for high-altitude sojourners and Andean high-altitude natives since early in the 20th century. Thus, reports that have appeared since the 1970s describing relatively low hemoglobin concentration among Tibetan high-altitude natives were unexpec...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Altitude
- Bolivia
- Child
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Hemoglobins
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Selection, Genetic
- Tibet