Income, birth order, siblings, and anthropometry

Human Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 733-741

  Ghosh, Jyoti Ratan ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Arup Ratan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropometric variables; Bengal; Birth order; Body composition; Body mass index (BMI); Income; Siblings; Skinfold measurements

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEIGHT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; SIBLING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; INCOME; INDIA; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH ORDER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; SIBLINGS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34447132181     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2007.0012     Document Type: Article

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