Cultural consonance and body morphology: Estimates with longitudinal data from an amazonian society

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-174

  Reyes García, Victoria ^a,b   Gravlee, Clarence C ^c   McDade, Thomas W ^d   Huanca, Tomás ^e   Leonard, William R ^d   Tanner, Susan ^f  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Tsimane' Amazonian Panel Study TAPS   (Bolivia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometric measurements; Bolivia; Panel data; Tsimane'

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY MASS; BOLIVIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 77956621747     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21303     Document Type: Article

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