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    American Journal of Human Biology: Volume 25, Issue 4

    445-572
    July/August 2013
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Beyond diet reconstruction: Stable isotope applications to human physiology, health, and nutrition

Laurie J. Reitsema, 
  • Pages: 445-456
  • First Published: 19 June 2013

Original Research Articles

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Birth weight, season of birth and postnatal growth do not predict levels of systemic inflammation in gambian adults

Anna A. Richards,  Anthony J. Fulford,  Andrew M. Prentice,  Sophie E. Moore, 
  • Pages: 457-464
  • First Published: 10 June 2013
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Association of height and pubertal timing with lipoprotein subclass profile: Exploring the role of genetic and environmental effects

Aline Jelenkovic,  Leonie H. Bogl,  Richard J. Rose,  Antti J. Kangas,  Pasi Soininen,  Mika Ala-Korpela,  Jaakko Kaprio,  Karri Silventoinen, 
  • Pages: 465-472
  • First Published: 04 May 2013
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Maturity-associated variation in total and depot-specific body fat in children and adolescents

Amanda E. Staiano,  Stephanie T. Broyles,  Alok K. Gupta,  Robert M. Malina,  Peter T. Katzmarzyk, 
  • Pages: 473-479
  • First Published: 06 April 2013
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Microevolution, migration, and the population structure of five Amerindian populations from Nicaragua and Costa Rica

Phillip E. Melton,  Norberto F. Baldi,  Ramiro Barrantes,  Michael H. Crawford, 
  • Pages: 480-490
  • First Published: 04 April 2013
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Progesterone and estrogen responsiveness to father-toddler interaction

Lee T. Gettler,  Thomas W. Mcdade,  Sonny S. Agustin,  Christopher W. Kuzawa, 
  • Pages: 491-498
  • First Published: 04 May 2013
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The cortisol response in policemen: Intraindividual variation, not concentration level, predicts truncal obesity

Dan S. Sharp,  Michael E. Andrew,  Desta B. Fekedulegn,  Cecil M. Burchfiel,  John M. Violanti,  Jean Wactawski-Wende,  Diane B. Miller, 
  • Pages: 499-507
  • First Published: 20 April 2013
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The hidden cost of moving up: Type 2 diabetes and the escape from persistent poverty in the American South

Richard H. Steckel, 
  • Pages: 508-515
  • First Published: 19 June 2013
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Nutritional status and its association with physical fitness, physical activity and parasitological indicators in youths from rural mozambique

Leonardo Nhantumbo,  José António Ribeiro Maia,  Fernanda Karina Dos Santos,  Ilesh V. Jani,  Eduardo Samo Gudo,  Peter T. Katzmarzyk,  António Prista, 
  • Pages: 516-523
  • First Published: 09 May 2013
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The effects of market integration on childhood growth and nutritional status: The dual burden of under- and over-nutrition in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon

Kelly Houck,  Mark V. Sorensen,  Flora Lu,  Dayuma Alban,  Kati Alvarez,  David Hidobro,  Citlali Doljanin,  Ana Isabel Ona, 
  • Pages: 524-533
  • First Published: 09 May 2013
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The velocity of fetal growth is associated with the breadth of the placental surface, but not with the length

Saleh H. Alwasel,  Abdul-Halaim Harrath,  Jamal S. Aljarallah,  Zeinab Abotalib,  Clive Osmond,  S.Y. Al Omar,  Kent Thornburg,  David J.P. Barker, 
  • Pages: 534-537
  • First Published: 09 May 2013
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Modeling multisystem biological risk in later life: Allostatic load in the lothian birth cohort study 1936

Tom Booth,  John M. Starr,  Ian Deary, 
  • Pages: 538-543
  • First Published: 10 June 2013
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Little Effect of Gestation at 3,100 m on Fetal Fat Accretion or the Fetal Circulation

Joel Schwartz,  Darleen Cioffi-Ragan,  Megan J. Wilson,  Colleen G. Julian,  Brenda Beatty,  Lorna G. Moore,  Henry L. Galan, 
  • Pages: 544-549
  • First Published: 11 June 2013
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Dietary zinc intake is inversely associated to metabolic syndrome in male but not in female urban adolescents

Milton F. Suarez-Ortegón,  Jenny E. Ordoñez-Betancourth,  Cecilia Aguilar-de Plata, 
  • Pages: 550-554
  • First Published: 10 June 2013
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Natural selection In Utero: Evidence from the great East Japan earthquake

R. Catalano,  T. Yorifuji,  I. Kawachi, 
  • Pages: 555-559
  • First Published: 10 June 2013

Short Reports

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25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in African American and Nigerian women

Ramon A. Durazo-Arvizu,  John F. Aloia,  Lara R. Dugas,  Bamidele O. Tayo,  David A. Shoham,  Anne-Marie Bertino,  James K. Yeh,  Richard S. Cooper,  Amy Luke, 
  • Pages: 560-562
  • First Published: 04 April 2013
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Ambulatory blood pressure and blood lipids in a multiethnic sample of healthy adults

Gary D. James,  Helene M. Van Berge-Landry,  Lynn A. Morrison,  Angela M. Reza,  Nicola M. Nicolaisen,  James R. Bindon,  Daniel E. Brown, 
  • Pages: 563-565
  • First Published: 20 April 2013
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The shape of the placental surface at birth and colorectal cancer in later life

David J. P. Barker,  Clive Osmond,  Kent L. Thornburg,  Eero Kajantie,  Johan G. Eriksson, 
  • Pages: 566-568
  • First Published: 10 June 2013

Book Reviews

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Causes and Consequences of Human Migration: An Evolutionary Perspective

John H. Relethford, 
  • Page: 569
  • First Published: 11 June 2013
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Japan's Dietary Transition and Its Impacts

Robert Marshall, 
  • Pages: 569-570
  • First Published: 10 June 2013
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The Evolution of Primate Societies

Larissa Swedell, 
  • Pages: 571-572
  • First Published: 10 June 2013