Village distance from urban centre as the prime modernization variable in differences in blood pressure and body mass index of adults of the Purari delta of the Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 326-338

  Ulijaszek, Stanley J ^a   Koziel, Slawomir ^b   Hermanussen, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANTHROPOLOGY   (Poland)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Blood pressure; Body mass index; Economic modernization; Papua New Guinea

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; HEALTH STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

MELANESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; WORLD;

EID: 22344434964     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460500087824     Document Type: Article

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