Stunting, adiposity, and the individual-level "dual burden" among urban lowland and rural highland peruvian children

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 481-490

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

^a NEWNHAM COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d CRONICAS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN CHRONIC DISEASES   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OBESITY; PERU; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIBIA; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; ALTITUDE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PERU; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIBIA; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84901820633     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22551     Document Type: Article

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