Energy expenditure and activity among Hadza hunter-gatherers

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 628-637

  Pontzer, Herman ^a,b   Raichlen, David A ^c   Wood, Brian M ^d   Emery Thompson, Melissa ^e   Racette, Susan B ^f   Mabulla, Audax Z P ^g   Marlowe, Frank W ^h  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b New York Consortium for Evolutionary Primatology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Dar es Salaam City Council   (Tanzania)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TANZANIA; URINE; VERY ELDERLY; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMARKERS; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEX FACTORS; TANZANIA; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938893613     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22711     Document Type: Article

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