Arterial Oxygen Saturation in Tibetan and Han Infants Born in Lhasa, Tibet
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- 9 November 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 333 (19) , 1248-1252
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199511093331903
Abstract
Reduced oxygen availability at high altitude is associated with increased neonatal and infant mortality. We hypothesized that native Tibetan infants, whose ancestors have inhabited the Himalayan Plateau for approximately 25,000 years, are better able to maintain adequate oxygenation at high altitude than Han infants, whose ancestors moved to Tibet from lowland areas of China after the Chinese military entered Tibet in 1951.Keywords
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