Height and relative leg length as indicators of the quality of the environment among Mozambican juveniles and adolescents

The growth status of Mozambique adolescents was assessed to test the hypothesis that relative leg length is a more sensitive indicator of the quality of the environment than the total height. The sample comprised 690 boys and 727 girls, aged between 9 and 17 years, from Maputo. It is divided between...

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Main Authors:	Cristina Padez, Maria Ines Varela Silva, Barry Bogin
Format:	Default Article
Published:	2009
Subjects:	Evolutionary biology not elsewhere classified Other health sciences not elsewhere classified Anthropology not elsewhere classified untagged Evolutionary Biology Anthropology Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/19377
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