Body height, birth cohort and social background in Finland and Sweden

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 124-129

  Silevntionen, Karri ^a   Lahelma, Eero ^a   Lundberg, Olle ^b   Rahkonen, Ossi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Body height; Finland; Social background; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034957697     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/11.2.124     Document Type: Article

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