Nutritional, developmental, and genetic influences on relative sitting height at high altitude

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 606-613

  Stinson, Sara ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BOLIVIA; CHILD; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70350733388     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20918     Document Type: Conference Paper

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