Spatial correlates of US heights and body mass indexes, 2002

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-78

  Komlos, John ^a   Lauderdale, Benjamin E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; NEGRO; POPULATION DENSITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247362851     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932005001161     Document Type: Article

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