American Journal of Human Biology

Papers
(The median citation count of American Journal of Human Biology is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
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The Ecology and Human Biology of Pastoralists: Building on the Contributions of Michael A. Little37
The impact of thawing duration on leptin and adiponectin levels in frozen human milk samples25
Do contrasting socio‐ecological conditions bring difference in premenstrual syndrome and its concomitants? A sedente‐migrant comparative study from Eastern India25
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Decline in pubertal timing and its relationship with excess weight. A study of the secular trend in age at menarche in girls from La Plata district (Buenos Aires, 20
Sex segregation in strength sports: Do equal‐sized muscles express the same levels of strength between sexes?19
Twenty Years Later: Growth Rates and Life Histories in Twenty‐Two Small‐Scale Societies19
The impact of catastrophic events on the sex ratio at birth: A systematic review19
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Advances in Understanding Adaptive Hemoglobin Concentration at High Altitude17
Validation of an Enzyme‐Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Measuring Leptin, a Key Metabolic Hormone, in Dried Blood Spot Samples17
Composite indexes of anthropometric failure in children under 5 years of age in Argentina: Comparative analysis among regions: 2019–202014
Testosterone deficiency and the risk of anemia: A propensity score–matched analysis14
Associations of Facial Shape With Physical Strength and 2D:4D in a Turkish Male and Female Sample14
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Somatotype altitudinal variation and its relationship with the nutritional status of children in the Jujuy province, Argentina14
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Comparison of total daily energy expenditure with dietary reference intakes values in a sample of urban, relatively active Brazilian adults: A doubly labeled water study13
Delicious: The evolution of flavor and how it made us human. RobDunn and MonicaSanchez. Princeton University Press, 2021, $14.76 (cloth), 279 pp13
Correction to “Immunity Switches and Macrophage Manipulations: Trauma, Ovulation, and Depression as Latent Tuberculosis Reactivation Risks”13
High‐Altitude Adaptations in Cranial and Facial Morphology Among the Native Populations of Qinghai and Pamir and Tian Shan Mountains13
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Helicobacter pylori in the Philippines: Social and Ecological Determinants of Seropositivity and Lack of Association With Systemic Inflammation13
Community food environment and childhood obesity in a medium‐sized Brazilian city: An approach to school and neighborhood environments12
Genetic Structure of the Y‐Chromosome in Colombia: An Analysis of Regional Diversity and Ancestry12
Severe cyclones and sex‐specific birth outcomes in Queensland, Australia: An interrupted time‐series analysis12
Statistical analysis of the longitudinal fundamental movement skills data in the REACT project using the multilevel ordinal logistic model12
“Precision Medicine” and the Failed Search for Binary Brain Sex Differences to Address Gender Behavioral Health Disparities12
Early decrease in ventilatory sensitivity at very high altitude?12
Age at peak height velocity in Polish adolescents: Effect of socioeconomic factors11
Skeletal, dental, and sexual maturation as an indicator of pubertal growth spurt11
A Study of the Spatial Correlogram Patterns of Chinese Surnames11
Trajectory Analysis of the Four‐Year Changes in Body Composition and Bone Mineral Characteristics Among Highly Competitive Male University Long‐Distance Runners11
Association of changes in grip strength with second digit length adjusted for fourth digit length in young children11
Association between infectious exposures in infancy and epigenetic age acceleration in young adulthood in metropolitan Cebu, Philippines10
In memoriam: Roy J. Shephard, MD, PhD, DPE (1929–2023)10
Contributions of Roy J. Shephard to the Study of Circumpolar Human Biology and Health10
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Maternal and infant predictors of proinflammatory milk immune activity in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania10
Health and Mortality in the 19th‐Century Rural United States: The Second Epidemiological Transition in Madison County, New York9
Functional Characteristics of Immunoregulatory Blood Proteins in Women of Reproductive Age Residing in the European North and Arctic Regions of the Russian Federation9
Intestinal microbiota composition and efficacy of iron supplementation in Peruvian children9
Myokine secretion during moderate‐intensity physical activity: Dose–response of interleukin 6 to walking duration9
Evolution of the Human Life Cycle, Revisited9
Sexual stature difference fluctuations in pre‐ andpost‐BlackDeath London as an indicator of living standards9
The Botanic Age: Planting the Seeds of Human EvolutionBy DeanFalk, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2025. 251 pp. $29.95 (hardcover). ISBN: 978‐1‐48‐754664‐99
Allostatic load, adverse childhood experiences, executive functions, and BMI status in adolescents and young adults9
Ramadan fasting in the third trimester of pregnancy and postpartum colostrum cortisol concentrations in Morocco8
Overweight and obesity in adulthood, sociodemographic factors, lifestyle, and the early burden of noncommunicable diseases among Americans: NHANES 2007–20188
Exposome and low birthweight selection bias considerations in early life infections and epigenetic age relationships8
Black South Africans Who Migrate Away From Their Rural Homes and Their Chances of Having Abdominal Obesity8
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DNA polymorphisms associated with lactase persistence, self‐perceived symptoms of lactose intolerance, milk and dairy consumption, and ancestry, in the Uruguayan population8
Size at birth and accelerometer‐measured physical activity or sedentary behavior in healthy term‐born adults8
Anthropometric parameters to estimate body frame size in children and adolescents: A systematic review8
Individual and school correlates of body mass index and cardiorespiratory fitness in primary school children from the REACT project: A multivariate multilevel analysis8
Reliability of biological maturation analyses performed by equations predicting skeletal age and peak height velocity with hand and wrist X‐ray results8
Commentary: Revisiting Physiological and Theoretical Dimensions of Stable Isotope Variation in Human Tissues8
Sleep duration and quality during the COVID‐19 pandemic and the association with physical activity and screen time among Brazilian college students8
Clinical Thresholds for Visceral Adiposity Accumulation: A Comparative Analysis in Sex‐, Age‐, and BMI ‐Matched Black and White Adults7
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The impact of COVID‐19 on the number of births in Yucatan, Mexico7
Association between adherence to 24‐h movement guidelines and sociodemographic factors among Malaysian preschoolers: Findings from SEANUTS II Malaysia7
Body Composition and Geographical Altitude in Newborns From the Province of Jujuy (Argentina)7
MULT: A new BMI reference to assess nutritional status of multi‐ethnic children and adolescents7
The Impact of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on the Self‐Assessment of Mental and Physical Health of Adolescents (10–15 Years Old) From Kraków (Poland)7
The predictive equations of resting metabolic rate for Tibetan adolescents aged 13–18 in Tibet, China7
Hyperandrogenism associated with polycystic ovary syndrome may have a protective effect against fracture risk in female athletes: A pilot study7
Male facial cues to physical strength in Europe: Medium‐strength preference and higher aggressiveness attribution to the weakest7
Perception of strength, attractiveness and aggressiveness of Maasai male faces calibrated to handgrip strength: Evidence from a European sample7
Sexually dimorphic traits are associated with subsistence strategy in African faces from the Sahel/Savannah belt7
Current officers and members of standing committees7
Polygyny, Infant, and Child Mortality in Pakistan: Moderating Effect of Household Wealth Status7
In Search of Environmental Factors Associated With Global Differences in Birth Weight and BMI7
Pathologizing normal height or identifying chronic malnutrition: Public health concerns of calling stunting normal7
Fit‐Fat Index is better associated with heart rate variability compared to fitness and fatness alone as indicators of cardiometabolic human health7
Economic impacts and nutritional outcomes of the 2017 floods in Bangladeshi Shodagor fishing families7
The Impact of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on the Sex Ratio at Birth in Ireland6
Population History and Anthropometric Variation of West Coast Irish Islands6
Ancient DNA analysis reveals temporal and geographical patterns of mitochondrial diversity in pre‐Hispanic populations from Central Argentina6
Consanguineous Marriages and Child Ever Born—The Moderating Role of Working Women6
Body size, form, composition, and a healthy lifestyle associates with health‐related quality of life among Portuguese children6
Reply to: ‘Early decrease in ventilatory sensitivity at very high altitude?’6
Association among 25‐hydroxyvitamin D levels, hypertriglyceridemic‐waist phenotype, and cardiometabolic markers in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus from regions with high solar incidence6
Associations of obesity, movement behaviors, and socioeconomic status with fundamental movement skills in children: Results from the REACT project6
Validity of Adiposity Indices for Detecting High Body Fat Mass in Mexican Schoolchildren: Results From the NUTRENTO Project6
Ad libitum dehydration is associated with poorer performance on a sustained attention task but not other measures of cognitive performance among middle‐to‐older aged community‐dwelling adults: A short6
Exploring barriers to SARS‐CoV‐2 testing uptake in underserved black communities in Louisiana6
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Pearl Memorial Lecture. Humans at the extremes: Exploring human adaptation to ecological and social stressors6
Interactions with alloparents are associated with the diversity of infant skin and fecal bacterial communities in Chicago, United States5
The Homo erectus Female Revisited5
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Rethinking Gender/Sex Identity5
Is height related to fertility? An evaluation of women from low‐ and middle‐income countries5
Mapping spatial morbidity patterns for bronchiolitis related to socioeconomic estimators: A spatial epidemiology approach to identify health disparities in Puerto Madryn, Argentina5
Calculation and Comparison of Step Guidelines for Preschooler Physical Activity While Indoors5
Limitations of the Male/Female Binary for Studying the Influences of Sex‐ and Gender‐Related Factors on Health5
Changes in blood pressure, oxygen saturation, hemoglobin concentration, and heart rate among low‐altitude migrants living at high altitude (5380 m) for 360 days5
Skeletal maturation in male elite youth athletes from the Middle East5
The human biology of spaceflight5
Is the Association Between Sports Participation in Childhood and Adolescence and Cardiometabolic Risk Mediated by Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Adulthood?5
Minimally invasive biomarkers in human population biology research, part 2: An introduction to the special issue5
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Seasonal variability in body mass index, waist circumference, and skinfolds in Norwegian children5
Differences in wasting assessment through Middle‐Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) adjusted by sex, age and geographic origin for children aged 6–59 months: New reference based on anthropometr5
No relationship found between dental fluctuating asymmetry, birthweight, and birth term in two modern North American samples5
Intimate partner violence, depression, and chronic low‐grade inflammation among middle‐aged women in Cebu, Philippines5
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The Attention‐Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder‐Associated DRD4 7R Allele Predicts Household Economic Status but Not Nutritional Status in Northern Kenyan Rendille Children5
Psychological resilience and cortisol levels in adults: A systematic review5
Breast size in lactating women and the content of macronutrients in human milk5
Expanding the Scope of Heart Rate Variability in Metabolic Health: A Commentary on Sex‐Specific Associations5
Dual Behavioral–Physiological Buffering of Mothers' Milk Facilitates Drought Adaptability of Pastoralists and Agropastoralists in Northern Kenya5
Association of household fuel use with hypertension and blood pressure among adult women in rural Bangladesh: A cross‐sectional study5
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Are sun exposure time, dietary patterns, and vitamin D intake related to the socioeconomic status of Portuguese children?5
Species‐Specific Helminth Effects, Ecoimmunology, and Indigenous Health: Commentary on Cepon‐Robins et al. (2025)5
Association Between Self‐Reported Lactose Intolerance, Additional Environmental Factors, and Bone Mineral Density in Young Adults5
Sex‐based tuberculosis mortality in Newfoundland, 1900–1949: Implications for populations in transition5
The impact of winter warming and more frequent icing events on reindeer herder occupational safety, health, and wellbeing5
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The now and future of human biology at the extremes: An introduction to the special issue4
Association between muscle strength and executive function in Tibetan adolescents at high altitude in China: Results from a cross‐sectional study at 16–18 years of age4
Effect of COVID‐19 pandemic on lifestyle and bone mineral density in young adults4
Effect of Earthquake‐Related Trauma on Pubertal Maturation: Evidence From Skeletal Age Assessment Following the 2023 Kahramanmaras Earthquakes4
Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy reduces postpartum fat mass in adolescents: A randomized trial4
Religious minority identity associates with stress and psychological health among Muslim and Hindu women in Bangladesh and London4
Prevalence of hypertension among the indigenous population in North‐East India: Is this a consequence of “nutritional transition”?4
The Portuguese economic crisis is associated with socioeconomic and sex disparities on children's health‐related behaviors and obesity: A cross‐sectional study4
Chronic Stress and Severe Water Insecurity During the Historic 2022 Drought in Northern Kenya Were Associated With Inflammation Among Daasanach Seminomadic Pastoralists4
“Recent Research on the Human Biology of Pastoralists” by B. Campbell4
Toolkit article: Approaches to measuring social inequities in health in human biology research4
Biological Benchmarks for Adult Bone Mass Proportions in Young Females: A Prospective Longitudinal Analysis4
The Secondary Sex Ratio and Male Mortality at Pre‐Reproductive Ages: A Test of Selection In Utero4
Assessing Children's Growth and Motor Development after the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Insights from the REACT Project4
Association Between Parity and Bone Mineral Density in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey4
Maternal–infant interaction quality is associated with child NR3C1 CpG site methylation at 7 years of age4
Maternal age and adverse pregnancy outcomes among Meitei women of Manipur, Northeast India: A cross‐sectional study4
African American mothers' perceptions of infant body size are prospectively associated with infant growth and BMI4
Maternal stress and hair cortisol among pregnant women following hurricane Florence4
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A comparison of FELS and Tanner‐Whitehouse II skeletal ages in male youth soccer players from the Middle East4
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Influence of chest/head circumference ratio at birth on obstetric and neonatal outcomes: The Japan environment and children's study4
Human biology and the study of precarity: How the intersection of uncertainty and inequality is taking us to new extremes4
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Stationarity of the Special Relationship Between the Geographical Distribution of Body Size and Day Length in Japanese Adolescents: Spatial and Temporal Analysis Using a GTWR Model4
Growth Patterns and Permanent Tooth Eruption in 5–18‐Year‐Old School Children of Chennai, India: A Correlational Analysis4
Toddler hair cortisol levels are associated with maternal prenatal depression4
The impact of swaddling upon breastfeeding: A critical review4
A Preliminary Investigation of Associations Between Traumatic Events Experienced During Pregnancy and Salivary Diurnal Cortisol Levels of Brazilian Adolescent Mothers and Infants4
Comparison of frame index reference percentiles in Argentine and European boys and girls4
Fertility Behavior in the Context of Polygyny in Pakistan With the Moderating Effect of Household Wealth Status Evidences From Demographic and Health Survey 2017–184
Avoiding “Too Tall” and “Too Short”: The Effect of the Community on the Regulation of Body Height3
Genetic polymorphism of fatty acid binding protein‐2 in hyperlipidemic Asian Indians in North India3
The Association Between Women's Education and Fertility, Moderating Effect of Unemployment in Context of Polygyny in Pakistan3
Association of sleep duration with underweight and obesity in older adults: A cross‐sectional study of the Chinese longitudinal healthy longevity survey3
The influence of somatic maturity on the relationship between the triglyceride/high‐density lipoprotein ratio and vascular health in children and adolescents with dyslipidemia3
Associations between urine specific gravity and race/ethnicity at the population level: Implications for hydration status categorization3
Healthy home food environments of pregnant Black women are shaped by food outlet access and participation in nutrition assistance programs3
The association of 25 (OH) D3 serum level with ischemic cerebrovascular accident risk, severity and outcome in Iranian population3
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Biosocial Factors Shaping Perceptions of Disease Risk Among a Community‐Based Sample of Sexual and Gender Minority People Living in Toronto During the COVID 3
Prenatal androgenization (2D:4D) predictions of tennis match‐play success in junior players: A search for physiological explanations3
Leukocyte telomere length predicts subsequent infectious morbidity among Colombian schoolchildren3
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Trend in physical growth among Chinese urban students: Results from five national successive cross‐sectional surveys within the past two decades3
Can the Urban Lifestyle Impact on Children BMI and Healthy Sleep?3
Risk assessment of obesity‐related noncommunicable diseases through body mass index trajectories in adulthood: NHANES 2007–20183
Correlates of Moderate‐to‐Vigorous Physical Activity Among Prepubertal Girls: A Bioecological Approach3
Is Alcohol Consumption Pattern Dependent on Prenatal Sex‐Steroids? A Digit Ratio (2D:4D) Study Among University Students3
Diachronic Height Changes in Europe From the Mesolithic to the Present: Exploring Possible Causes and Regional Specificities3
Conducting Scoping and Systematic Reviews With a Focus on Biocultural Research: The SCRIBE Toolkit3
Origin of the Nuñoa, Perú High Altitude Field Research Site and How It Shaped Our Understanding of Functional Adaptation to High‐Altitude Stressors3
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Birth weight and nutritional status in school‐age children from Boane city, Mozambique3
Transient refugees' social support, mental health, and physiological markers: Evidence from Serbian asylum centers3
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Current Officers and Members of Standing Committees3
Biological Mechanisms for Allen's Rule: DNA Methylation as Mediator of the Association Between In Utero Exposure to Environmental Heat and Tibial Growth in Childhood3
Preece–Baines 1 model validation for cross‐sectional data in male soccer players according to maturity status3
Extreme climatic events and human biology and health: A primer and opportunities for future research3
Effects of household composition on infant feeding and mother–infant health in northern Kenya3
Effects of caste, birth season, and family income on digit ratios3
The relationship between altitude and BMI varies across low‐ and middle‐income countries3
Both early and late maternal age at childbirth is associated with increasing odds of central obesity in offspring3
Revisiting “Grandmothers and the Evolution of Human Longevity” 2003 AJHBhttps://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.101563
Anthropometric measures do not explain the 2D:4D ratio sexual dimorphism in 7‐year‐old children3
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A Demographic Study of Aste‐Béon (Ossau Valley, Bearn), a Small Community From French Western Pyrenees in the 19th Century3
Inbreeding Effect on Maternal Mortality and Fertility in the Habsburg Dynasty3
Occupational Stress and Sleep of Military Police Officers From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil3
A Competitive Immunoassay for Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate in Dried Blood Spots3
Interacting Water Insecurity and Food Insecurity: Recent Advances in Theory and Application3
Women's Health: Contributions From Human Biology3
Environment driven changes in type 2 diabetes, overweight and obesity in an isolated Mixe community in the Valley of Oaxaca, southern Mexico3
Prevalence and risk factors of low birth weight in the United States: An analysis of 2016–2021 data3
A longitudinal study of handgrip strength asymmetry3
Urbanization, migration, and indigenous health in Peru3
Is age of menarche directly related to vitamin D levels?3
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Trends in the prevalence of obesity, overweight, and thinness among schoolchildren aged 7–14 years from southern Brazil (2002–2019)3
Validity of anthropometric equation‐based estimators of fat mass in Samoan adults3
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Celebrating Over 10 Years of Human Milk Research in the Human Biology Association3
Adverse Childhood Experiences in Obesity and Hypertension Among Young Adults in Delhi‐NCR, India3
The bidirectional longitudinal association between academic performance and cardiovascular disease risk factors in adolescents3
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A 2‐Year Follow‐Up Study of Changes in Handgrip Strength in Young Athletes Playing With and Without Gripping Sports Equipment3
Examining the associations between testosterone and biomarkers as men age3
Near‐infrared reactance spectroscopy‐derived visceral adipose tissue for the assessment of metabolic syndrome in a multi‐ethnic sample of young adults3
Reference Values of Arm Span and Arm Span to Height Ratio of Japanese Population in Childhood and Adolescence: Comparison With Dutch and Turkish Population3
Exploring links between pathogen avoidance motivation, COVID‐19 case counts, and immune function2
Regulatory T‐Cells During Pregnancy Relate to Women's Own Childhood History of Microbial Exposure2
C‐reactive protein (CRP) in high altitude Bolivian peri‐urban adolescents varies by adiposity, current illness, height, socioeconomic status, sex, and menarcheal status: The potential benef2
Sexual dimorphism of adiposity and fat distribution among children and adolescents (8–18 year olds) from Poland2
Remote Blood Collection for Telomere Length Measurement: Assessing the Impact of Sample Characteristics and Handling on DNA Quality and Assay Outcome2
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In Memoriam: Michael H. Crawford (1939–2024)2
Evaluation of the Relationship Between Aggression and Digit Ratio Through a Cross‐Sectional Study Among Hitit University Students2
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Cardiovascular diseases display etiological and seasonal trend in human population: Evidence from seasonal cardiovascular comorbid diseases (SCCD) index2
The normal relationship between fat and lean mass for mature (21–30 year old) physically fit men and women2
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Uncertainty in a globalizing world. Livelihood and fertility variance increases in response to rapid change2
Beyond Hemoglobin Concentration: How Intravascular Volume Measurements Can Advance Our Understanding of High‐Altitude Adaptation2
Differential sex‐association between PCSK1 polymorphisms and obesity risk in Portuguese children2
Comparing Physical Activity Levels and Metabolic Quotients to Quantify the Physical Activity Transition in Rwanda2
Association of dietary intake with body mass index and glycemic profile among newly diagnosed patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus2
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The Fertility Effects of the C677T Mutation in the Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Gene: A Cross‐Site Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis2
Complete mitochondrialDNAsequence tries to settle hitherto putative history of Kayastha population of India2
Associations between different heart rate variability ratios and cardiometabolic risk factors in young adults2
Age‐related features of the content of substrates of energy metabolism and body mass index in women residing in the Subarctic and Arctic regions of Russia2
Paternal genetic structure of the Bosnian‐Herzegovinian Roma: A Y‐chromosomal STR study2
Correction to “Low prevalence of anemia among Shuar communities of Amazonian Ecuador”2
Measuring food insecurity: An introduction to tools for human biologists and ecologists2
A study of the spatial distribution characteristics of Chinese surnames2
Critical medical anthropology: Perspectives in and from Latin America2
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Clusters of obesogenic behaviors and metabolic risk according to somatic maturity status among adolescents2
Detection of Anemia in Schoolchildren Aged 6–18 Years With Hematocrit Percentile Charts and the Impact of Economic Status in Southern Brazil2
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