Anthropometric data indicate nutritional homogeneity in Hadza foragers of Tanzania

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-118

  Sherry, Diana S ^a   Marlowe, Frank W ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TANZANIA; WEIGHT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; TANZANIA;

EID: 33846096390     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20591     Document Type: Article

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