Income, educational level and body height

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 219-227

  Meyer, Haakon E ^a   Selmer, Randi ^a  

^a National Health Screening Service   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; INCOME;

NORWAY;

EID: 0033135938     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/030144699282723     Document Type: Article

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