Eight thousand years of economic and political history in Latin America revealed by anthropometry

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 333-351

  Bogin, Barry ^a   Keep, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; GROWTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLITICAL HISTORY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033165904     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/030144699282651     Document Type: Article

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