Effects of heterosis on growth in height and its segments: A cross-sectional study of the Khasi girls in Northeast India

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 605-621

  Khongsdier, R ^a   Mukherjee, Nandita ^b  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Women's College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GENDER ROLE; HEIGHT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH; HETEROSIS; HUMAN; INDIA; MIGRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; HYBRID VIGOR; INDIA;

INDIA;

EID: 0141682086     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460310001592669     Document Type: Article

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