Human capital, wealth, and nutrition in the Bolivian Amazon

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 139-162

  Godoy, Ricardo ^a   Reyes García, Victoria ^a   Vadez, Vincent ^a   Leonard, William R ^b   Huanca, Tomás ^a   Bauchet, Jonathan ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Amerindians; Anthropometrics; Bolivia; Height; Human capital; Income inequality; Indigenous populations; Latin America; Nutritional status; Physical stature; Tsimane ; Wealth

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BOLIVIA; CAPITAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BOLIVIA; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 14044257325     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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