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Referee's report by Claude Gordon Douglas, on a paper 'Individual variations in ability to acclimatize to high altitude' by Ancel Keys, Bryan Harold Cabot Matthews, W H Forbes and Ross A McFarland

Reference number: RR/64/85

Date: 08 April 1937

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Sectional Committee: Physiology

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests the opinion of a statistician be sought. If figure 9 is substantially correct it could be of great importance.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

Endorsed on verso as received 10 April 1937.

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08 April 1937
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Claude Gordon Douglas, Referee's report by Claude Gordon Douglas, on a paper 'Individual variations in ability to acclimatize to high altitude' by Ancel Keys, Bryan Harold Cabot Matthews, W H Forbes and Ross A McFarland, 08 April 1937, RR/64/85, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_64_85/referees-report-by-claude-gordon-douglas-on-a-paper-individual-variations-in-ability-to-acclimatize-to-high-altitude-by-ancel-keys-bryan-harold-cabot-matthews-w-h-forbes-and-ross-a-mcfarland, accessed on 17 December 2025

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