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Factors influencing the use of biomedical health care by rural Bolivian anemic women : structural barriers, reproductive status, gender roles, and concepts of anemia
(PLOS One, 2017-01-26)
Abstract. The persistently high prevalence of anemia in rural highland Bolivia argues for targeted iron supplementation.
We evaluated the cultural, structural and behavioral factors that may facilitate or impede an
anemic ...
Salud pulmonar y contaminación ambiental en comerciantes de las ciudades de La Paz y El Alto
(BIOFARBO, 2010-06-20)
RESUMEN.
El estudio fue realizado en los comerciantes de la vía
pública, considerados vulnerables a adquirir
enfermedades ambientales crónicas pulmonares por estar
gran tiempo del día expuestos a tóxicos eliminados ...
New data demonstrates that relationship of salivary to serum progesterone in Bolivian women is comparable to that in other populations
(36th Annual Meeting Minnesota, 2011-04-13)
Abstract.
Salivary progesterone (P) concentration is widely
used in field studies as a relatively easy-to-measure
proxy for serum P. Chatterton et al. [Fertility & Sterility 86:723 (2006)] compared sample means of ...
Sixty percent (60%) mean hematocrit in an andean human population permanently exposed to extreme life conditions
(High Altitude Medicine & Biology, 2010-08-08)
Introduction: Located over 5435 m, La Rinconada in the
district of Puno, Peru is the highest urban centre in the
world. This altitude, at which the barometric pressure
(BP ¼ 400 mmHg), and the partial oxygen pressure
(PpO2 ...
Exaggerated pulmonary hypertension during mild exercise in chronic mountain sickness
(CHEST, 2010-02)
Background: Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is an important public health problem and is characterized by exaggerated hypoxemia, erythrocytosis, and pulmonary hypertension. While pulmonary hypertension is a leading cause ...
Changes in blood gas transport of altitude native soccer players near sea-level and sea-level native soccer players at altitude (ISA3600)
(Br J Sports Med, 2013-09-03)
Abstract.
Objectives The optimal strategy for soccer teams
playing at altitude is not known, that is, ‘fly-in, fly-out’
versus short-term acclimatisation. Here, we document
changes in blood gas and vascular volumes of ...
Methods of the international study on soccer at altitude 3600 m (ISA 3600)
(Br J Sports Med, 2013-07-10)
Abstract.
Background: We describe here the 3-year process
underpinning a multinational collaboration to investigate
soccer played at high altitude—La Paz, Bolivia
(3600 m). There were two main aims: first, to quantify
the ...