A. Roberto Frisancho

Research interests

Publications

• Developmental Functional Adaptation to High Altitude: Review

  American Journal of Human Biology · 2013 · 10.1002/ajhb.22367

• Influence of maternal stature, pregnancy age, and infant birth weight on growth during childhood in Yucatan, Mexico: A test of the intergenerational effects hypothesis

  American Journal of Human Biology · 2009 · 10.1002/ajhb.20883

• Relative leg length as a biological marker to trace the developmental history of individuals and populations: Growth delay and increased body fat

  American Journal of Human Biology · 2007 · 10.1002/ajhb.20676

• Reduced rate of fat oxidation: A metabolic pathway to obesity in the developing nations

  American Journal of Human Biology · 2003 · 10.1002/ajhb.10191

• Domestic biomass fuel combustion and chronic bronchitis in two rural Bolivian villages

  Thorax · 1999 · 10.1136/thx.54.11.1004

• Developmental, genetic, and environmental components of lung volumes at high altitude

  American Journal of Human Biology · 1997 · 10.1002/(sici)1520-6300(1997)9:2<191::aid-ajhb5>3.0.co;2-3

• Physical Status: The Use and Interpretation of Anthropometry

  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 1996 · https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/64.5.830

• Developmental, genetic, and environmental components of aerobic capacity at high altitude

  American Journal of Physical Anthropology · 1995 · 10.1002/ajpa.1330960408

• Human Adaptation and Accommodation

  Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute · 1995 · 10.2307/3034707

• Developmental and nutritional determinants of pregnancy outcome among teenagers

  American Journal of Physical Anthropology · 1985 · 10.1002/ajpa.1330660302

• New standards of weight and body composition by frame size and height for assessment of nutritional status of adults and the elderly

  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 1984 · https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/40.4.808

• Elbow breadth as a measure of frame size for US males and females

  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 1983 · 10.1093/ajcn/37.2.311

• Maternal nutritional status and adolescent pregnancy outcome

  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 1983 · 10.1093/ajcn/38.5.739

• New norms of upper limb fat and muscle areas for assessment of nutritional status

  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 1981 · https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/34.11.2540

• Functional Adaptation to High Altitude Hypoxia

  Science · 1975 · 10.1126/science.1089311

• Triceps skin fold and upper arm muscle size norms for assessment of nutritional status

  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 1974 · 10.1093/ajcn/27.10.1052

• Triceps skin fold and upper arm muscle size norms for assessment of nutritional status1,2

  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 1974 · 10.1093/ajcn/27.8.1052

• Adaptive significance of small body size under poor socio‐economic conditions in southern Peru

  American Journal of Physical Anthropology · 1973 · 10.1002/ajpa.1330390216

• Altitude and growth: A study of the patterns of physical growth of a high altitude Peruvian Quechua population

  American Journal of Physical Anthropology · 1970 · 10.1002/ajpa.1330320217

• Developmental responses to high altitude hypoxia

  American Journal of Physical Anthropology · 1970 · 10.1002/ajpa.1330320310

• Human growth and pulmonary function of a high altitude Peruvian Quechua population.

  PubMed · 1969

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