Impact of infancy duration on adult size in 22 subsistence-based societies

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Gawlik, Aneta ^a,b   Walker, Robert S ^c   Hochberg, Ze'ev ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Child growth; Childhood; Evolution; Infancy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AFRICA; AGE; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH RATE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANCY CHILDHOOD TRANSITION AGE; INTERBIRTH INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ADULT; AFRICA; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH INTERVALS; BODY SIZE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INFANT; PREGNANCY; SOUTH AMERICA; WEANING;

EID: 80855123867     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02395.x     Document Type: Article

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