Adiposity and height of adult Hmong refugees: Relationship with war-related early malnutrition and later migration

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 174-184

  Clarkin, Patrick F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; HUMAN; INFANCY; LAOS; LIFE HISTORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIGRATION; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; RURAL AREA; SAMPLE SIZE; THAILAND; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WAR;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LAOS; MALE; REFUGEES; THAILAND; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 41149129336     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20711     Document Type: Article

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