Rain, temperature, and child-adolescent height among Native Amazonians in Bolivia

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 276-293

  Godoy, R ^a   Goodman, E ^b   Reyes Garcia, V ^a,c   Eisenberg, D T A ^d   Leonard, W R ^d   Huanca, T ^e   McDade, T W ^d   Tanner, S ^f   Jha, N ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Rain; Temperature; Tsimane'; Weather variability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CHILD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEIGHT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; RAINFALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 45849123287     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460801968540     Document Type: Article

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