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 I.
Abstract
Contents: Human adaptation to high altitude; Bibliography of program publications and manuscripts; Appendices--Summary of weather data - Nunoa district; Socio-political organization of Nunoa; Demography and research with high altitude populations; Reproduction and viability in a highland Peruvian Indian population; Summary of unpublished data on maximum oxygen consumption testing at the Nunoa laboratory; Exercise performance at high altitude (4000 meters) in Peru; Summary of total results available on testing metabolic and temperature responses of various groups at 10C; Cold stress and microclimate in the Quechua Indians of southern Peru; Racial and developmental factors in foot cooling: Quechua Indians and U. S. whites; Food requirements of high altitude Peruvian natives; Effect of coca chewing on metabolic balance in Peruvian high altitude natives.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0840595
Entities
People
- Charles J. Hoff
- Gabriel Escobar
- Gordon De Jong
- Paul T. Baker
- Richard B. Mazess
Organizations
- Pennsylvania State University