Two millennia of male stature development and population health and wealth in the Low Countries

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 276-290

  Maat, G J R ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health; Socio economy; Stature

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844453021     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.785     Document Type: Article

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