Height and relative leg length as indicators of the quality of the environment among Mozambican juveniles and adolescents

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 200-209

  Padez, Cristina ^a   Varela Silva, Maria Inés ^b   Bogin, Barry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; MALE; MATURATION; MOZAMBIQUE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 65449160473     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20854     Document Type: Article

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