Family migration and physical growth in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 398-400

  Azcorra, Hugo ^a   Dickinson, Federico ^a   Rothenberg, Stephen J ^a,b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; MALE; MEXICO; MIGRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 67449127052     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20881     Document Type: Article

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