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  1. Higher oxygen content and transport characterize high-altitude ethnic Tibetan women with the highest lifetime reproductive success

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  2. Antioxidant defense and oxidative damage vary widely among high-altitude residents

    Article • American Journal of Human Biology, July 2017, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  3. Closing the Womb Door: Contraception Use and Fertility Transition Among Culturally Tibetan Women in Highland Nepal

    Article • Maternal and Child Health Journal, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  4. Adaptation to High Altitude: Phenotypes and Genotypes

    Article • Annual Review of Anthropology, October 2014, Annual Reviews

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  5. Depopulating the Himalayan Highlands: Education and Outmigration From Ethnically Tibetan Communities of Nepal

    Article • Mountain Research and Development, May 2014, International Mountain Society (IMS) and United Nations University

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  6. Collecting women's reproductive histories

    Article • American Journal of Human Biology, March 2014, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  7. Admixture facilitates genetic adaptations to high altitude in Tibet

    Article • Nature Communications, February 2014, Nature

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  8. Human Evolution at High Altitude

    Article • November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  9. Sublingual Capillaroscopy in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

    Article • CHEST Journal, October 2013, Elsevier

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  10. Human adaptability studies at high altitude: Research designs and major concepts during fifty years of discovery

    Article • American Journal of Human Biology, January 2013, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  11. The Genetic Architecture of Adaptations to High Altitude in Ethiopia

    Article • PLoS Genetics, December 2012, PLOS

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  12. Human Adaptation to Climate: Temperature, Ultraviolet Radiation, and Altitude

    Article • April 2012, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  13. Nitric oxide in adaptation to altitude

    Article • Free Radical Biology and Medicine, April 2012, Elsevier

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  14. Nitric Oxide during Altitude Acclimatization

    Article • New England Journal of Medicine, November 2011, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS)

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  15. Genetic Changes in Tibet

    Article • High Altitude Medicine & Biology, June 2011, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  16. Nitric Oxide And Hypoxia Inducible Factors In The Acclimatization Of Lowlanders To High Altitude

    Article • May 2011, American Thoracic Society

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  17. Adaptations to Climate-Mediated Selective Pressures in Humans

    Article • PLoS Genetics, April 2011, PLOS

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  18. The global distribution of the Duffy blood group

    Article • Nature Communications, April 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Frédéric Bernard Piel, Prof. Cynthia M Beall, Prof Didier Menard

  19. Elevated pulmonary artery pressure among Amhara highlanders in Ethiopia

    Article • American Journal of Human Biology, December 2010, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  20. Natural selection on EPAS1 ( HIF2α ) associated with low hemoglobin concentration in Tibetan highlanders

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 2010, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall, Hugh Montgomery

  21. Human adaptations to diet, subsistence, and ecoregion are due to subtle shifts in allele frequency

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2010, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  22. “Lower exhaled nitric oxide in acute hypobaric than in normobaric hypoxia” by T. Hemmingsson and D. Linnarsson [Respir. Physiol. Neurobiol. 169 (2009) 74–77]

    Article • Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, March 2010, Elsevier

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  23. Nitric Oxide Levels and Adaptation to High Altitude Hypoxia

    Article • Free Radical Biology and Medicine, January 2010, Elsevier

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  24. Response to Hemmingsson, Horn and Linnarsson article “Measuring Exhaled Nitric Oxide at High Altitude” Resp. Physiol. Neurobiol. 167(3), 292–298

    Article • Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, January 2010, Elsevier

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  25. Seasonal and circadian variation in salivary testosterone in rural Bolivian men

    Article • American Journal of Human Biology, November 2009, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  26. Paul T. Baker (1927–2007)

    Article • Annals of Human Biology, January 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  27. Higher blood flow and circulating NO products offset high-altitude hypoxia among Tibetans

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, November 2007, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  28. Detecting natural selection in high-altitude human populations

    Article • Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, September 2007, Elsevier

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  29. Two routes to functional adaptation: Tibetan and Andean high-altitude natives

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2007, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  30. Book reviews

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, June 2006, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  31. Exhaled nitric oxide decreases upon acute exposure to high-altitude hypoxia

    Article • American Journal of Human Biology, January 2006, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  32. Nitric oxide and cardiopulmonary hemodynamics in Tibetan highlanders

    Article • Journal of Applied Physiology, November 2005, American Physiological Society

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  33. Tibetan Fertility Transitions in China and South Asia

    Article • Population and Development Review, June 2005, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  34. Higher offspring survival among Tibetan women with high oxygen saturation genotypes residing at 4,000 m

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 2004, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  35. High-altitude adaptations

    Article • The Lancet, December 2003, Elsevier

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  36. An Ethiopian pattern of human adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2002, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  37. High altitude: An exploration of human adaptation

    Article • American Journal of Human Biology, October 2002, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  38. Fertility and Family Planning in Rural Tibet

    Article • The China Journal, January 2002, University of Chicago Press

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  39. Pulmonary nitric oxide in mountain dwellers

    Article • Nature, November 2001, Nature

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  40. Adaptations to Altitude: A Current Assessment

    Article • Annual Review of Anthropology, October 2001, Annual Reviews

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  41. Turkana herders of the dry savanna: Ecology and biobehavioural response of nomads to an uncertain environment

    Article • American Journal of Human Biology, January 2001, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  42. Turkana herders of the dry savanna: Ecology and biobehavioural response of nomads to an uncertain environment

    Article • American Journal of Human Biology, January 2001, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  43. Oxygen Saturation Increases During Childhood and Decreases During Adulthood Among High Altitude Native Tibetans Residing at 3800–4200 m

    Article • High Altitude Medicine & Biology, March 2000, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  44. The Changing World of Mongolia's Nomads

    Article • Mountain Research and Development, February 1999, JSTOR

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  45. Percent of oxygen saturation of arterial hemoglobin among Bolivian Aymara at 3,900–4,000 m

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, January 1999, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  46. Percent of oxygen saturation of arterial hemoglobin among Bolivian Aymara at 3,900-4,000 m

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, January 1999, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  47. ERRATUM: Beall CM, Brittenham GM, Strohl KP, Blangero J, Williams-Blangero S, Goldstein MC, Decker MJ, Vargas E, Villena M, Soria R, Alarcon AM, and Gonzales C (1998) Hemoglobin Concentration of High-altitude Tibetans and Bolivian Aymara. Am. J. Phys. ...

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, December 1998, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  48. Hemoglobin concentration of high‐altitude Tibetans and Bolivian Aymara

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, July 1998, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  49. Hemoglobin concentration of high-altitude Tibetans and Bolivian Aymara

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, July 1998, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  50. Ventilation and hypoxic ventilatory response of Tibetan and Aymara high altitude natives

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, December 1997, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  51. Ventilation and hypoxic ventilatory response of Tibetan and Aymara high altitude natives

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, December 1997, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  52. Human biology association guide to graduate programs and graduate training in human biology

    Article • American Journal of Human Biology, January 1996, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  53. Basal metabolic rate and dietary seasonality among Tibetan nomads

    Article • American Journal of Human Biology, January 1996, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  54. Basal metabolic rate and dietary seasonality among Tibetan nomads

    Article • American Journal of Human Biology, January 1996, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  55. The Changing World of Mongolia's Nomads. Melvyn C. Goldstein Cynthia M. Beall

    Article • The Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs, January 1995, University of Chicago Press

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  56. Major gene for percent of oxygen saturation of arterial hemoglobin in Tibetan highlanders

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, November 1994, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  57. Nomads of Western Tibet: The Survival of a Way of Life. Melvyn C. Goldstein Cynthia M. Beall

    Article • The Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs, July 1994, University of Chicago Press

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  58. Growth, maturation and physical activity. By Robert M. Malina and Claude Bouchard. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics Publihsers, Inc. 1991. 501 pp. $49.00 (cloth)

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, May 1993, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  59. Nomads of Western Tibet

    Article • Geographical Journal, March 1992, JSTOR

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  60. High prevalence of excess fat and central fat patterning among Mongolian pastoral nomads

    Article • American Journal of Human Biology, January 1992, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  61. : Nomads of Western Tibet: The Survival of a Way of Life . Melvyn C. Goldstein, Cynthia M. Beall.

    Article • American Anthropologist, December 1991, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  62. Foraging Ecology of Livestock on the Tibetan Changtang: A Comparison of Three Adjacent Grazing Areas

    Article • Arctic and Alpine Research, May 1991, JSTOR

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  63. China's Birth Control Policy in the Tibet Autonomous Region: Myths and Realities

    Article • Asian Survey, March 1991, University of California Press

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  64. China's Birth Control Policy in the Tibet Autonomous Region: Myths and Realities

    Article • Asian Survey, March 1991, University of California Press

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  65. Nomads of Western Tibet: The Survival of a Way of Life.

    Article • Pacific Affairs, January 1991, JSTOR

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  66. Variation in hemoglobin concentration among samples of high-altitude natives in the Andes and the Himalayas

    Article • American Journal of Human Biology, January 1990, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  67. Hypoxia: The tolerable limits. Edited by J.R. Sutton, C.S. Houston, and G. Coates. xiii + 373 pp + 53 abstracts. Indianapolis, IN: Benchmark. 1988, $48.00 (cloth)

    Article • American Journal of Human Biology, January 1990, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  68. The Impact of China's Reform Policy on the Nomads of Western Tibet

    Article • Asian Survey, June 1989, University of California Press

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  69. The Impact of China's Reform Policy on the Nomads of Western Tibet

    Article • Asian Survey, June 1989, University of California Press

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  70. Hemoglobin concentration of pastoral nomads permanently resident at 4,850–5,450 meters in Tibet

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, August 1987, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  71. Human adaptation. Edited by A. Basu and K.C. Malhotra. Calcutta, India: Indian Statistical Institute. 1984. xxiv + 325 pp., figures, tables, references. $50.00 (cloth)

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, March 1986, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  72. Family change, caste, and the elderly in a rural locale in Nepal

    Article • Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, January 1986, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  73. Social Structure and Intracohort Variation in Physical Fitness Among Elderly Males in a Traditional Third World Society

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, June 1985, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  74. Response to Basu and Gupta

    Article • American Anthropologist, December 1984, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  75. Response to Abelson's Comment on Goldstein, Tsarong, and Beall

    Article • American Anthropologist, September 1984, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  76. On Studying Fertility at High Altitude: A Rejoinder to Hoff

    Article • American Anthropologist, June 1984, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  77. Origins of the study of human growth. By Edith Boyd. Edited by B. S. Savara and J. F. Schilke. Portland: University of Oregon Health Sciences Center Foundation. 1980. xxviii + 676 pp., figures, tables, bibliography. $65.00 (cloth)

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, May 1984, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  78. Aging and Growth at High Altitudes in the Himalayas

    Article • January 1984, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  79. Reappraisal of Andean High Altitude Erythrocytosis from a Himalayan Perspective

    Article • Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, October 1983, Thieme Publishing Group

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  80. High Altitude Hypoxia, Culture, and Human Fecundity/Fertility: A Comparative Study

    Article • American Anthropologist, March 1983, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  81. Tibetan Fraternal Polyandry and Sociology: A Rejoinder to Abernethy and Fernandez

    Article • American Anthropologist, December 1982, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  82. Contemporary Patterns of Migration in the Central Andes

    Article • Mountain Research and Development, February 1982, JSTOR

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  83. The Biology and Health of Andean Migrants: A Case Study in South Coastal Peru

    Article • Mountain Research and Development, February 1982, JSTOR

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  84. Work, aging and dependency in a Sherpa population in Nepal

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, January 1982, Elsevier

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  85. Introduction

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, January 1982, Elsevier

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  86. Biological function, activity and dependency among elderly Sherpa in the Nepal Himalayas

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, January 1982, Elsevier

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  87. WORK, AGING AND DEPENDENCY IN A SHERPA POPULATION IN NEPAL

    Article • January 1982, Elsevier

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  88. INTRODUCTION

    Article • January 1982, Elsevier

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  89. BIOLOGICAL FUNCTION, ACTIVITY AND DEPENDENCY AMONG ELDERLY SHERPA IN THE NEPAL HIMALAYAS

    Article • January 1982, Elsevier

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  90. Optimal birthweights in Peruvian populations at high and low altitudes

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, November 1981, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  91. Tibetan Fraternal Polyandry: A Test of Sociobiological Theory

    Article • American Anthropologist, March 1981, Wiley

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  92. Modernization and Aging in the Third and Fourth World: Views from the Rural Hinterland in Nepal

    Article • Human Organization, March 1981, Society for Applied Anthropology

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  93. Growth in a population of Tibetan origin at high altitude

    Article • Annals of Human Biology, January 1981, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall

  94. Tibetan and Andean Contrasts in Adaptation to High-Altitutde Hypoxia

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Cynthia M Beall