Intellectual and physical performance and morbidity in relation to height in a cohort of 18-year-old Swedish conscripts

Hormone Research

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 186-191

  Tuvemo, Torsten ^a,c   Jonsson, Björn ^b   Persson, Ingemar ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Height; Intellectual performance; Psychological functioning; Short stature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INTELLECT; LEADERSHIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MORBIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE; SOLDIER; SWEDEN; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 0033510838     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000023459     Document Type: Article

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