Altered growth patterns of a mountain Ok population of Papua New Guinea over 25 years of change

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 325-332

  Adhikari, Amita ^a,b   Sen, Ananda ^a   Brumbaugh, Robert C ^b   Schwartz, Jessica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953862228     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21134     Document Type: Article

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