Growth characteristics of populations of Tibetan origin in Nepal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8316746 |
|---|---|
| Authors | I G Pawson (University of California, San Francisco, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 473-482 |
| Publication date | 1977-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.1330470320 |
| PMID | 201173 |
| OpenAlex | W2025785782 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 29 |
| References cited | 19 |
Previous growth studies of highland‐dwelling populations in the ecologically diverse areas of Peru and Ethiopia have yielded highly varied results: the retarded growth of the Peruvian sample was attributed to the effects of hypoxia, while the increased height and weight of the highland Ethiopian sample could be traced to better health conditions in the highland village than in the lowland village studied. In an attempt to provide a basis for evaluating studies of growth at high altitude, the present study compared Sherpa children living in the Everest region of Nepal with Tibetan children living in Kathmandu. It was found that: (1) the growth of Sherpa and Tibetan children is considerably retarded compared to other high altitude populations; (2) despite conditions favorable for optimum growth among the Tibetans, their growth resembled that of the Sherpas and (3) increased chest circumference, which seems to reflect a developmental acclimatization to hypoxia among Peruvian high‐altitude natives, was not seen among the Sherpas
Acclimatization · Altitude (triangle) · Biology · Effects of high altitude on humans · Geography · Hypoxia (environmental) · Low altitude · Chemistry · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Ecology · High Altitude and Hypoxia · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
Biocultural Adaptations of the High Altitude Sherpas of Nepal
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The effect of maternal nutritional variables on birthweight outcomes of infants born to Sherpa women at low and high altitudes in Nepal
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Tradeoffs between oxygen and energy in tibial growth at high altitude
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Chest dimensions of European and Aymara children at high altitude
Effect of altitude on the physical growth of upper-class children of European ancestry
Growth in a population of Tibetan origin at high altitude
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Growth of children in two economically diverse Peruvian high‐altitude communities
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Growth of Qinghai Tibetans living at three different high altitudes
The physical growth of urban children at high altitude
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The effect of high altitude on the growth of children of high socioeconomic status in Bolivia
Sex differences in environmental sensitivity during growth and development
Predicting the timing of maturational spurts in skeletal age
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Nutritional status and mortality of highland children in Nepal
Developmental variation in ecogeographic body proportions
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Human adaptation to high altitude
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Developmental responses to high altitude hypoxia
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| Unique citing works | 29 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,63 |
| Citation span | 1980 - 2025 (46) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 26 |