Secular change and socioeconomic difference in height in Japan

Anthropological Science

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 325-340

  Kouchi, Makiko ^a  

^a NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nutrition; PHV age; Postneonatal mortality; Preadolescent growth; Prediction of adult height

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030336730     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.104.325     Document Type: Article

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