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  1. A’uwẽ (Xavante) views of food security in a context of monetarization of an indigenous economy in Central Brazil

    Article • PLOS One, February 2022, PLOS

    Dr. James R. Welch

  2. Camaraderie, mentorship, and manhood: Contemporary Indigenous identities among the A’uwẽ (Xavante) of Central Brazil

    Article • August 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. James R. Welch

  3. A’uwẽ (Xavante) Social Constructions of Well-Being in Central Brazil

    Article • Medical Anthropology, August 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. James R. Welch

  4. Birth weight of indigenous children in Brazil: results of the First National Survey of Indigenous People’s Health and Nutrition

    Article • Cadernos de Saúde Pública, January 2021, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr. James R. Welch

  5. Estado nutricional e fatores associados ao déficit estatural em crianças menores de cinco anos de comunidades remanescentes de quilombos do Nordeste brasileiro

    Article • Cadernos de Saúde Pública, January 2021, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr. James R. Welch

  6. Pineapple Among the Indigenous Nambikwara: Early Twentieth Century Photographic Documentation from Central Brazil

    Article • Ethnobiology Letters, September 2020, Society of Ethnobiology

    Dr. James R. Welch

  7. Food Profiles of Indigenous Households in Brazil: Results of the First National Survey of Indigenous Peoples’ Health and Nutrition

    Article • Ecology of Food and Nutrition, June 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. James R. Welch

  8. A’uwẽ (Xavante) Hunting Calls: A Vocal Repertoire for Ethnozoological Communication and Coordination in the Brazilian Cerrado

    Article • Ethnobiology Letters, June 2020, Society of Ethnobiology

    Dr. James R. Welch

  9. Socioeconomic determinants of excess weight and obesity among Indigenous women: findings from the First National Survey of Indigenous People’s Health and Nutrition in Brazil

    Article • Public Health Nutrition, June 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. James R. Welch

  10. Indigenous children and adolescent mortality inequity in Brazil: What can we learn from the 2010 National Demographic Census?

    Article • SSM - Population Health, April 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. James R. Welch

  11. The Xavante Longitudinal Health Study in Brazil: Objectives, design, and key results

    Article • American Journal of Human Biology, October 2019, Wiley

    José Rodolfo Mendonça de Lucena, Dr. James R. Welch

  12. PUBLICAÇÕES CIENTÍFICAS DAS ETNOCIÊNCIAS - CAMINHOS PASSADOS E FUTUROS

    Article • Ethnoscientia - Brazilian Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology, March 2019, Universidade Federal do Para

    Dr. James R. Welch

  13. Avaliação da atenção pré-natal ofertada às mulheres indígenas no Brasil: achados do Primeiro Inquérito Nacional de Saúde e Nutrição dos Povos Indígenas

    Article • Cadernos de Saúde Pública, January 2019, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr. James R. Welch

  14. Human ecological and social determinants of dental caries among the Xavante Indigenous people in Central Brazil

    Article • PLOS One, December 2018, PLOS

    Dr. James R. Welch

  15. Enciclopédia dos Alimentos Yanomami (Sanöma): Cogumelos. Edited by R. M. Apiamö, J. Autuori, N. K. Ishikawa, M. S. Martins, N. Menolli Jr., C. Sanuma, L. R. Sanuma, M. Sanuma, O. I. Sanuma, & K. Tokimoto. 2016. Instituto Socioambiental, São Paulo. 108 pp.

    Article • Ethnobiology Letters, December 2018, Society of Ethnobiology

    Dr. James R. Welch

  16. Anemia e níveis de hemoglobina em crianças indígenas Xavante, Brasil Central

    Article • Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia, March 2017, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr. James R. Welch

  17. Plurality in Ethnobiology: A Look Towards 2017

    Article • Ethnobiology Letters, December 2016, Society of Ethnobiology

    Dr. James R. Welch

  18. Indigenous and tribal peoples' health (The Lancet–Lowitja Institute Global Collaboration): a population study

    Article • The Lancet, July 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. James R. Welch

  19. Prevalence of physical inactivity and associated socioeconomic indicators in indigenous Xavante communities in Central Brazil

    Article • BMC Nutrition, June 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. James R. Welch

  20. Physical growth curves of indigenous Xavante children in Central Brazil: results from a longitudinal study (2009–2012)

    Article • Annals of Human Biology, June 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. James R. Welch

  21. Brazil's New Biodiversity Law

    Article • Ethnobiology Letters, December 2015, Society of Ethnobiology

    Dr. James R. Welch

  22. Anemia among indigenous women in Brazil: findings from the First National Survey of Indigenous People’s Health and Nutrition

    Article • BMC Women s Health, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. James R. Welch, Romina Buffarini

  23. Obesity and Associated Factors among Adult Xavante Indians, Central Brazil.

    Article • International Journal of Epidemiology, September 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. James R. Welch

  24. Prevalence of pneumonia and associated factors among indigenous children in Brazil: results from the First National Survey of Indigenous People's Health and Nutrition

    Article • International Health, April 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. James R. Welch

  25. Introduction: Special Issue on Fire Ecology and Ethnobiology

    Article • Journal of Ethnobiology, March 2015, Society of Ethnobiology

    Dr. James R. Welch

  26. Learning to Hunt by Tending the Fire: Xavante Youth, Ethnoecology, and Ceremony in Central Brazil

    Article • Journal of Ethnobiology, March 2015, Society of Ethnobiology

    Dr. James R. Welch

  27. Diarrhea and health inequity among Indigenous children in Brazil: results from the First National Survey of Indigenous People’s Health and Nutrition

    Article • BMC Public Health, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. James R. Welch

  28. Fórum: saúde e povos indígenas no Brasil. Introdução

    Article • Cadernos de Saúde Pública, April 2014, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr. James R. Welch

  29. Xavante Ritual Hunting: Anthropogenic Fire, Reciprocity, and Collective Landscape Management in the Brazilian Cerrado

    Article • Human Ecology, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. James R. Welch

  30. Indigenous Burning as Conservation Practice: Neotropical Savanna Recovery amid Agribusiness Deforestation in Central Brazil

    Article • PLOS One, December 2013, PLOS

    Dr. James R. Welch

  31. Prevalence of anemia and associated factors among indigenous children in Brazil: results from the First National Survey of Indigenous People’s Health and Nutrition

    Article • Nutrition Journal, May 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. James R. Welch

  32. Nutritional status of indigenous children: findings from the First National Survey of Indigenous People’s Health and Nutrition in Brazil

    Article • International Journal for Equity in Health, April 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. James R. Welch

  33. The First National Survey of Indigenous People’s Health and Nutrition in Brazil: rationale, methodology, and overview of results

    Article • BMC Public Health, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. James R. Welch

  34. Ethics in Ethnobiology Publication

    Article • Ethnobiology Letters, December 2012, Society of Ethnobiology

    Dr. James R. Welch

  35. Nutritional status and growth of indigenous Xavante children, Central Brazil

    Article • Nutrition Journal, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. James R. Welch

  36. Perspectivas culturais sobre transmissão e tratamento da tuberculose entre os Xavánte de Mato Grosso, Brasil

    Article • Cadernos de Saúde Pública, January 2011, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr. James R. Welch

  37. Hierarchy, symmetry, and the xavante spiritual life cycle

    Article • Horizontes Antropológicos, December 2010, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr. James R. Welch

  38. Urihi A: A Terra-Floresta Yanomami

    Article • Ethnobiology Letters, August 2010, Society of Ethnobiology

    Dr. James R. Welch

  39. Tuberculosis among the Xavante Indians of the Brazilian Amazon: An epidemiological and ethnographic assessment

    Article • Annals of Human Biology, January 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. James R. Welch

  40. Transição alimentar e diversidade cultural: desafios à política de saúde indígena no Brasil

    Article • Cadernos de Saúde Pública, September 2009, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr. James R. Welch

  41. Diabetes among the pima: stories of survival

    Article • Cadernos de Saúde Pública, June 2009, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr. James R. Welch

  42. Demography, Territory, and Identity of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil: The Xavante Indians and the 2000 Brazilian National Census

    Article • Human Organization, May 2009, Society for Applied Anthropology

    Dr. James R. Welch

  43. Nutrition Transition, Socioeconomic Differentiation, and Gender Among Adult Xavante Indians, Brazilian Amazon

    Article • Human Ecology, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. James R. Welch

  44. Amazonia

    Article • SAGE Publications

    Dr. James R. Welch