Why are boys so small? Child growth, diet and gender near Ranomafana, Madagascar

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1725-1738

  Hardenbergh, Sabrina H B ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child growth; Gender; Madagascar; Nutrition; Slash and burn cultivators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MADAGASCAR; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD HABITS; GENDER IDENTITY; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MADAGASCAR; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SEASONS; SEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ANTHROPOMETRIC DATA; CHILD GROWTH; DIET; GENDER; NUTRITION;

MADAGASCAR, RANOMAFANA;

EID: 0030619335     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00374-7     Document Type: Article

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