Household economic strategies and nutritional anthropometry of women in American Samoa and highland Bolivia

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1299-1308

  Bindon, James R ^a   Vitzthum, Virginia J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Samoa; Bolivia; Education; Household economics; Nutritional status; Occupation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; NUTRITION; OCCUPATION; RURAL POPULATION; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BOLIVIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEREDITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SAMOA; SAMPLE; SKINFOLD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AMERICAN SAMOA; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; BOLIVIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EFFICIENCY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OCCUPATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AMERICAN SAMOA; BOLIVIA;

EID: 0036199109     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00097-1     Document Type: Article

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