Developmental responses to high-altitude
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Lawrence P. Greksa
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Article
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1990
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The developmental adaptation hypothesis (DAH) proposes that highlanders adapt to their hypobaric hypoxic environment during growth and development. This report utilizes data on children (9.0โ19.9 yr) of European ancestry residing in Santa Cruz and La Paz, Bolivia, to test selected aspec