Mortality experience of Tsimane Amerindians of Bolivia: Regional variation and temporal trends

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 376-398

  Gurven, Michael ^a   Kaplan, Hillard ^b   Supa, Alfredo Zelada ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c Proyecto Tsimanes de Salud y Antropologia   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FORAGER; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOLIVIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POPULATION GROUPS; RURAL HEALTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34249678481     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20600     Document Type: Article

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