The consequences of linear growth stunting: Influence on body composition among youth in the bolivian amazon

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 92-102

  Tanner, Susan ^a   Leonard, William R ^b   Reyes García, Victoria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bolivia; developmental plasticity; growth and development; panel study

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BOLIVIA; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; LINEAR GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD; STUNTING;

BOLIVIA; DEVELOPMENTAL PLASTICITY; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; PANEL STUDY;

ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BOLIVIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 84890121001     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22413     Document Type: Article

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