Nutritional status of Makushi Amerindian children and adolescents of Guyana

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 615-629

  Wilson, Warren M ^a   Bulkan, Janette ^b   Piperata, Barbara A ^c   Hicks, Kathryn ^d   Ehlers, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Amerindian; health; South America

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; ADOLESCENCE; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL CHANGE; DIET; ETHNIC GROUP; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RATE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GUYANA; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIBLING; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GUYANA; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIBLINGS; YOUNG ADULT;

GUYANA;

EID: 80051750516     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2011.588248     Document Type: Article

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