Surname-Inferred andean ancestry is associated with child stature and limb lengths at high altitude in Peru, but not at sea level

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 798-806

  Pomeroy, Emma ^a,b   Wells, Jonathan C K ^b,c   Stanojevic, Sanja ^d   Miranda, J Jaime ^e   Moore, Lorna G ^f   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 CRONICAS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN CHRONIC DISEASES   (Peru)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; AMERICAN INDIAN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORPHOMETRY; PERU; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ALTITUDE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; INFANT; MALE; PERU; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84944179373     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22725     Document Type: Article

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