Open AccessGrowth in Indigenous and Nonindigenous Chilean Schoolchildren From 3 Poverty Strata
Author(s) -
Patricia Bustos,
Hugo Amigo,
Sergio Muñoz,
Reynaldo Martorell
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.91.10.1645
Subject(s) - poverty , indigenous , ethnic group , population , demography , geography , poverty level , socioeconomics , biology , political science , sociology , ecology , anthropology , law
This study sought to determine whether the short stature of Mapuche children, an indigenous group in Chile, reflects poverty or genetic heritage and whether the international reference population, derived from studies of US children of mostly European origin, is appropriate for assessing growth failure in indigenous peoples of the Americas.