Familial similarity in body size in an isolated Zapotec-speaking community in the valley of Oaxaca, southern Mexico: Estimated genetic and environmental effects

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 513-524

  Little, B B ^a   Malina, R M ^a  

^a TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental effects; Parent offspring regression; Path analysis; Sibling correlation

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE;

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEXICO; NUCLEAR FAMILY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 24344505362     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460500129550     Document Type: Article

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