Adult male height in an American colony: Puerto Rico and the USA mainland compared, 1886-1955

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-99

  Godoy, Ricardo A ^a   Goodman, Elizabeth ^a   Levins, Richard ^b   Caram, Mariana ^a   Seyfried, Craig ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometrics; Height; Human capital; Nutritional status; Physical stature; Political marginalization; Puerto Rico; Secular trends; USA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCOME; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUERTO RICO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

BODY HEIGHT; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUERTO RICO; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846927537     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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