Predictors of C-reactive protein in Tsimane' 2 to 15 year-olds in lowland Bolivia

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 906-913

  McDade, T W ^a   Leonard, W R ^a   Burhop, J ^a   Reyes Garcia V ^b   Vadez, V ^b   Huanca, T ^b   Godoy, R A ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute phase response; Bolivia; C reactive protein; Growth and development; Infectious disease; Innate immunity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION; LIFE HISTORY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PREDICTION;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BOLIVIA; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 27844600635     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20222     Document Type: Article

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