Inequality in social rank and adult nutritional status: Evidence from a small-scale society in the Bolivian Amazon

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 571-578

  Reyes García, Victoria ^a   Molina, Jose Luis ^b   McDade, Thomas W ^c   Tanner, Susan N ^d   Huanca, Tomas ^e   Leonard, William R ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e CBIDSI   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Health inequalities; Indigenous peoples; Nutritional status; Social rank

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BOLIVIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FORAGER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

AMAZONIA; BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 68049097295     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.05.039     Document Type: Article

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