Nutritional vulnerability in Mbyá-Guaraní adolescents and adults from Misiones, Argentina

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 592-600

  Zonta, María L ^a,b   Oyhenart, Evelia E ^b,c   Navone, Graciela T ^a  

^a CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS PARASITOLÓGICOS Y DE VECTORES CEPAVE   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo UNLP La Plata   (Argentina)

^c CCT La Plata CONICET UNLP   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGENTINA; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVERWEIGHT; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961173722     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21175     Document Type: Article

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