Nutritional status of Maya children, their mothers, and their grandmothers residing in the City of Merida, Mexico: Revisiting the leg-length hypothesis

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 659-665

  Azcorra, Hugo ^a   Varela Silva, Maria Inês ^a   Rodriguez, Luis ^b   Bogin, Barry ^a   Dickinson, Federico ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883055265     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22427     Document Type: Article

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