Height and BMI of Italian immigrants to the USA, 1908-1970

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-43

  Danubio, Maria Enrica ^a   Amicone, Elisa ^a   Vargiu, Rita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; BMI; Height; Italian immigrants in USA; Italy; Obesity; Overweight; Physical stature; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; ITALY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14044257957     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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