Childhood conditions and education as determinants of adult height and obesity among Greenland Inuit

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 360-366

  Bjerregaard, P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ESKIMO; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952065134     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20999     Document Type: Article

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