Do human parents face a quantity-quality tradeoff?: Evidence from a shuar community

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 405-418

  Hagen, Edward H ^a   Barrett, H Clark ^b,c,d   Price, Michael E ^d,e  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry growth; Life history theory; Nutrition; Parental investment theory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMMUNITY; DIARRHEA; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FEVER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MALE; NUTRITION; PARENT; PRODUCTIVITY; PROGENY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THEORY; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33744958437     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20272     Document Type: Article

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