Changing patterns of social variation in stature in Poland: Effects of transition from a command economy to the free-market system?

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 427-434

  Bielicki, T ^a   Szklarska, A ^a   Koziel S ^a   Ulijaszek, S J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANTHROPOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MARKETING; POLAND; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; POLAND; SOCIAL CHANGE; URBANIZATION;

EID: 22844439854     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932004006777     Document Type: Review

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