The use of biocultural data in interpreting sex differences in body proportions among rural amazonians

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-127

  Vercellotti, Giuseppe ^a   Piperata, Barbara A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

body proportions; Caboclo; growth; reproductive costs; Ribeirinhos; stunting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BRAZIL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REPRODUCTION; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 83655172924     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21636     Document Type: Article

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