Craniofacial dimensions in children in rural Oaxaca, Southern Mexico: Secular change, 1968-2000

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 127-136

  Little, Bertis B ^a   Buschang, Peter H ^b   Reyes, Maria Eugenia Peña ^c   Tan, Swee Kheng ^d   Malina, Robert M ^a,e  

^a TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGÍA E HISTORIA   (Mexico)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bigonial breadth; Bizygomatic breadth; Brachycephalization; Cephalic index; Head breadth; Head length; Secular increase; Zapotec Indians

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; COVARIANCE; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; FACE; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; MAIZE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MANDIBLE; MASTICATION; MEXICO; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATURAL SELECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BITE FORCE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; DIET; EVOLUTION; FACIAL BONES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SKULL;

EID: 33747596919     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20406     Document Type: Article

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