Cultural consonance and adult body composition in urban Brazil

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-22

  Dressler, William W ^a   Oths, Kathryn S ^a   Ribeiro, Rosane P ^b   Balieiro, Mauro C ^c   Dos Santos, José Ernesto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c PAULISTA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY IMAGE; BRAZIL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIET RECORDS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 38049141336     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20674     Document Type: Article

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