Growth status among low-income mexican and mexican-american elementary school children

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 690-695

  Winham, Donna M ^a  

^a Howell Research Associates LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEXICO; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARIZONA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84865130725     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22298     Document Type: Article

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