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Ventilatory capacity among highland Bods: a possible adaptive mechanism at high altitude.
- Source :
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Annals of human biology [Ann Hum Biol] 1979 Sep-Oct; Vol. 6 (5), pp. 471-6. - Publication Year :
- 1979
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Abstract
- Ventilatory capacity (forced vital capacity, forced expiratory volume and maximal voluntary ventilation) among Highland Bods (3514 m altitude) was higher than in an ethnically similar population residing at a lower altitude in Kulu Valley (1500--2200 m). Increased ventilatory capacity appears to have developed among native highlanders as a consequence of a biological response to high altitude. Numerous factors such as low oxygen pressure, increased work-load and minimal air pollution may explain these findings.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0301-4460
- Volume :
- 6
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Annals of human biology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 533244
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03014467900003851