Accession Number:

AD0840596

Title:

HUMAN ADAPTATION TO HIGH ALTITUDE: A BIOLOGICAL CASE STUDY OF A QUECHUA POPULATION NATIVE TO THE HIGH ANDEAN REGION WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HYPOXIA AND COLD. VOLUME II.

Descriptive Note:

Final progress rept.,

Corporate Author:

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV UNIVERSITY PARK

Personal Author(s):

• Baker, Paul T.
• Escobar, Gabriel
• De Jong, Gordon
• Hoff, Charles J.
• Mazess, Richard B.

Report Date:

1968-09-30

Pagination or Media Count:

238.0

Abstract:

Descriptors:

• *ADAPTATION(PHYSIOLOGY)
• HIGH ALTITUDE
• ACCLIMATIZATION
• HYPOXIA
• STRESS(PHYSIOLOGY)
• TOLERANCES(PHYSIOLOGY)
• REPRODUCTION(PHYSIOLOGY)
• MORTALITY RATE
• GROWTH(PHYSIOLOGY)
• OXYGEN CONSUMPTION
• PHYSICAL FITNESS
• METABOLISM
• CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
• NUTRITION
• DISEASES
• BLOOD PRESSURE
• EXERCISE(PHYSIOLOGY)
• CLIMATE
• SOCIAL SCIENCES
• POPULATION
• ANTHROPOLOGY
• SOUTH AMERICA
• BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Subject Categories:

• Anatomy and Physiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE