Anthropometry in Tarahumara Indian women of reproductive age in northern Mexico: Is overweight becoming a problem?

Ecology of Food Nutrition

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 437-457

  Monarrez Espino J ^a   Greiner, T ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Indian; Mexic; Obesity; Overweight; Tarahumara; Woman

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WOMENS HEALTH;

CHIHUAHUA STATE; GUACHOCHI; MEXICO;

EID: 0034494089     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2000.9991629     Document Type: Article

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