Effects of maya ancestry and environmental variables on knee height and body proportionality in growing individuals in Merida, Yucatan

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 586-593

  Vázquez Vázquez, Adriana ^a   Azcorra, Hugo ^b   Falfán, Ina ^a   Argáeź, Jorge ^c   Kantun, Diódora ^c   Dickinson, Federico ^a  

^a Cinvestav Merida ^*  (Mexico)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; KNEE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEXICO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84883050934     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22417     Document Type: Article

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