Anthropometric patterns in middle-aged and older rural Yucatec Maya women

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 487-497

  McLorg, Penelope A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Anthropometry; Body composition; Non Westernized

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 24344496515     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460500129337     Document Type: Article

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