Socioenvironmental conditions and nutritional status in urban and rural schoolchildren

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 399-405

  Oyhenart, Evelia E ^a,b   Castro, Luis E ^a   Forte, Luis M ^a   Sicre, Maria L ^a   Quintero, Fabian A ^a   Luis, Maria A ^a   Torres, Maria F ^c   Luna, Maria E ^a   Cesani, Maria F ^a,b   Orden, Alicia B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WASTING SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ARGENTINA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 48049092609     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20738     Document Type: Article

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