Fertility, body size and shape: An empirical test of the covert maternal depletion hypothesis

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 520-523

  Nenko, Ilona ^a   Jasienska, Grazyna ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; MENARCHE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARITY; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 70349404548     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20938     Document Type: Article

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