Altitude differences in body composition among Bolivian newborns.
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Summary
The results indicate that fetal undernutrition is not responsible for the reduced newborn dimensions observed at high altitude and further suggest that hypoxia may exert a direct effect on human fetal growth.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 1986-12-01
- Cited by
- 12
- References
- 16
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Keywords
Altitude (triangle), Composition (language), Geography, Demography, Biology
References
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- Newborn body compositon and its relationship to linear growth.
- Principal substrates of fetal metabolism.
- The effects of high altitude on body size and composition of the newborn infant in Southern Peru.
- Growth status of non-agrarian, semi-urban living Indians in Guatemala.
- Somatic Growth of the Infant and Preschool Child
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- Composition and Components of Gestational Weight Gain: Physiology and Metabolism
- Body mass index and age at menarche in Peruvian children living at high altitude and at sea level.
- Social inequality and children's growth in Guatemala.
- Altitude as a risk factor for congenital anomalies.
- Peruvian contributions to the study on human reproduction at high altitude: from the chronicles of the Spanish conquest to the present.
- Effects of Altitude versus Economic Status on Birth Weight and Body Shape at Birth
- EL PESO DE LOS RECIÉN NACIDOS EN EL NOROESTE ARGENTINO: VARIACIÓN REGIONAL EN LA PROVINCIA DE CATAMARCA (BIRTH WEIGHT IN THE ARGENTINIAN NORTWEST: REGIONAL VARIATION IN THE PROVINCE OF CATAMARCA)
- The Relationship of Birth Weight, Body Shape and Body Composition at Birth to Altitude in Saudi Arabia
- Weight Gain During Pregnancy
- Body Composition and Geographical Altitude in Newborns From the Province of Jujuy (Argentina)
- Human Adaptation to Life at High Altitude
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