Economic and anthropological assessments of the health of children in Maya immigrant families in the US

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-160

  Smith, Patricia K ^a   Bogin, Barry ^a   Varela Silva, Maria Inês ^a   Loucky, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropological assessments; Health; Immigration; Maya American children

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FAMILY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; LEG; LEISURE; MALE; MONITOR; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TELEVISION; TIME; UNITED STATES; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; MIGRATION; RISK FACTOR;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GUATEMALA; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14044272304     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1570-677X(02)00032-1     Document Type: Article

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