Socioeconomic status, stature, and obesity in women: 20-year trends in urban Colombia

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 602-610

  Olszowy, Kathryn M ^a   Dufour, Darna L ^b   Bender, Richard L ^b   Bekelman, Traci A ^b   Reina, Julio C ^c  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c CENTRO MÉDICO IMBANACO   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; OBESITY; SEASON; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; SEASONS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865136797     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22280     Document Type: Article

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