Socioeconomic variation in estimated growth velocities (annual growth increments) of several anthropometric dimensions was considered in schoolchildren from a rural, subsistence agricultural community in the Valley of Oaxaca in southern Mexico. The children (114 males, 99 females), 6-13 years of age
Socioeconomic variation in the growth status of children in a subsistence agricultural community
โ Scribed by Robert M. Malina; Bertis B. Little; Peter H. Buschang; John DeMoss; Henry A. Selby
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 611 KB
- Volume
- 68
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9483
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