Analysis of periodic fluctuations of the height of Swedish soldiers in 18th and 19th centuries

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Brabec, Marek ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anthropometric history; Height cycles; Physical stature; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PERIODICITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN;

BODY HEIGHT; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RURAL POPULATION; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 14044260700     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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