On the biological standard of living of eighteenth-century Americans: Taller, richer, healthier

Research in Economic History

Volumn 20, Issue , 2001, Pages 223-248

  Komlos, John ^a  

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EID: 3042834190     PISSN: 03633268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0363-3268(01)20007-X     Document Type: Article

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