Plasticity, political economy, and physical growth status of Guatemala Maya children living in the United States

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-32

  Bogin, Barry ^a   Loucky, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

life history theory; migration; parental investment; refugees

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIGRATION; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; POLITICS; REFUGEE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTHROPOLOGY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FLORIDA; GROWTH; GUATEMALA; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLITICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031024909     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199701)102:1<17::AID-AJPA3>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Review

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