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Role of genetic and environmental factors in the increased blood pressures of Bolivian blacks
(American Journal of Human Biology, 1999)
Abstract.
The tendency toward hypertension or higher blood pressure is more common in blacks than whites. The factors that account for these differences are attributed to both environmental and genetic factors. To clarify ...
The effect of high altitude on platelet counts, thrombopoietin and erythropoietin levels in young Bolivian airmen visiting the Andes
(Int J Biometeorol, 1999)
Abstract.
Recognition of thrombosis as a complication of exposure to high altitude has stimulated interest in rheological changes resulting from hypobaric hypoxia. Previous studies of platelet counts at high altitude have ...
La cardiopatía chagásica crónica
(E.G., 1999)
En las áreas endémicas de Latinoamérica, la enfermedad de Chagas es un problema importante de salud pública, principalmente por debilitación grave debida a lesiones del corazón. De los 15 a 20 millones de personas que están ...
Developmental components of resting ventilation among high - and low-altitude andean children and adults
(American Journal of Physical Anthroplogy, 1999)
ABSTRACT.
This paper evaluates the age-associated changes of resting
ventilation of 115 high- and low-altitude Aymara subjects, of whom 61 were
from the rural Aymara village of Ventilla situated at an average altitude ...
Percent of oxygen saturation of arterial hemoglobin among Bolivian aymara at 3,900-4000 m
(American Journal of Physical Anthroplogy, 1999)
ABSTRACT.
A range of variation in percent of oxygen saturation of
arterial hemoglobin (SaO2) among healthy individuals at a given high
altitude indicates differences in physiological hypoxemia despite uniform
ambient ...
Eco-distribución de los clones de Trypanosoma cruzi
(E.G., 1999)
El análisis de la repartición geográfica de los clones de T. cruzi en base a una revisión bibliográfica general se dificulta por la falta de normalización de las técnicas (se utilizaron diferentes marcadores genéticos: ...
Genetic structure of Triatoma sordida (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) domestic populations from Bolivia : application on control interventions
(Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz, 1999)
The genetic population of Triatoma sordida group 1, a secondary vector of Chagas disease in Bolivia, was studied by multi-locus enzyme electrophoresis. A total of 253 nymphal and adult specimens collected from seven ...