Short stature among coal-mining children: A comment

Economic History Review

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 531-537

  Humphries, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0042425132     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0289.00067     Document Type: Review

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