Nutrition in transition: Dietary patterns of rural Amazonian women during a period of economic change

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 458-469

  Piperata, Barbara A ^a   Ivanova, Sofia A ^a   Da gloria, Pedro ^a   Goncalo Veiga ^b   Polsky, Analise ^a   Spence, Jennifer E ^a   Murrieta, Rui S S ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS SOCIAIS   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ECONOMICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AMERICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BASAL METABOLISM; BRAZIL; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AMERICA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 79958173160     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21147     Document Type: Article

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