Nutritional and Health Status of Tibetan Children Living at High Altitudes
Open Access
- 1 February 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 344 (5), 341-347
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm200102013440504
Abstract
Children living at high altitudes often have delayed growth, but whether growth retardation is related to altitude or to other factors is not known.Keywords
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