Growth of Estonian seventeen-year-old boys during the last two centuries

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-103

  Lintsi, Mart ^a   Kaarma, Helje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anthropometric history; Conscripts; Estonia; Height; Physical stature; Secular change; Weight

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTONIA; HUMAN; MALE; THIGH; THORAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; ESTONIA; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 30544442316     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2005.05.007     Document Type: Article

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