Cross-sectional changes in anthropometric variables among Wapishana and Patamona Amerindian adults

Human Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 227-240

  Dangour, Alan D ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult; Aging; Amerindian; Anthropometry; Body mass index

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; LEG LENGTH; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SITTING;

EID: 0038249040     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2003.0031     Document Type: Article

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