Nutritional status in two Mbyá-Guaraní communities from Misiones (Argentina)

HOMO- Journal of Comparative Human Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 170-179

  Oyhenart, E E ^a,b,c   Techenski, M F ^b,c   Orden, A B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346335904     PISSN: 0018442X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0018-442X-00069     Document Type: Article

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