The effect of rainfall during gestation and early childhood on adult height in a foraging and horticultural society of the Bolivian Amazon

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-34

  Godoy, Ricardo ^a   Tanner, Susan ^b   Reyes García, Victoria ^a,c   Leonard, William R ^d   McDade, Thomas W ^d   Vento, Melanie ^d   Broesch, James ^e   Fitzpatrick, Ian C ^f   Giovannini, Peter ^g   Huanca, Tomas ^h   Jha, Naveen ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h CBIDSI Centro Boliviano de Investigacion y de Desarrollo Socio Integral   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BOLIVIA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING; GENDER BIAS; GESTATION PERIOD; HORTICULTURE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEANING;

EID: 38049120083     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20679     Document Type: Article

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