Influence of Mapuche origin and socioeconomic conditions on adult height;Etnia mapuche y condiciones socioeconómicas en la estatura del adulto

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 461-468

  Erazo B, Marcia ^a   Amigo C, Hugo ^a,b   Bustos M, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Body height; Ethnology; Indians; Malnutrition; Poverty; South American

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 31144471514     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: 07176163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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