Somatic growth of a school-aged population from Mozambique: Trend and biosocial meaning

Human Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 457-470

  Prista, A ^a,b   Maia, A J R ^c   Saranga, S ^a   Nhantumbo, L ^a   Marques, A T ^c   Beunen, G ^d  

^a Universidade Pedagógica Campus de Lhanguene   (Mozambique)

^b EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Africa; Children; Growth; Mozambique

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYGIENE; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; NORMAL HUMAN; SANITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 28844465082     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2005.0069     Document Type: Article

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