Birth month associations with height, head circumference, and limb lengths among peruvian children

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 115-124

  Pomeroy, Emma ^a,b   Wells, Jonathan C K ^c   Stanojevic, Sanja ^d   Miranda, J Jaime ^e   Cole, Tim J ^c   Stock, Jay T ^b  

^a NEWNHAM COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

birth season; body proportions; Peru; stature; tibia length

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CEPHALOMETRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; FOOT LENGTH; HAND LENGTH; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIBIA LENGTH; TOTAL LOWER LIMB LENGTH; TOTAL UPPER LIMB LENGTH; ULNA LENGTH;

BIRTH SEASON; BODY PROPORTIONS; PERU; STATURE; TIBIA LENGTH;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; PERU; SEASONS;

EID: 84898034748     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22484     Document Type: Article

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