Evolution of the nutritional situation of indigenous and non-indigenous Chilean schoolchildren

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 298-307

  Bustos, Patricia ^a   Muñoz, Sergio ^b   Vargas, Claudio ^a   Amigo, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Indigenou; Nutritional problems; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DATABASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILE; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 67649234068     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460902729536     Document Type: Article

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