Influence of maternal stature, pregnancy age, and infant birth weight on growth during childhood in Yucatan, Mexico: A test of the intergenerational effects hypothesis

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 657-663

  Varela Silva, Maria Inês ^a   Azcorra, Hugo ^b   Dickinson, Federico ^b   Bogin, Barry ^a   Frisancho, A R ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL AGE; MEXICO; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL AGE; MEXICO; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 70350705734     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20883     Document Type: Conference Paper

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