Was there an urban height penalty in Spain, 1840-1913?

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 144-164

  Martínez Carrión, José Miguel ^a   Moreno Lázaro, Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anthropometric history; Biological living standards; Early industrialization; Height; Physical stature; Spain; Urban penalty; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH AMERICA; OCCUPATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URBANIZATION;

AGRICULTURE; BODY HEIGHT; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33846920392     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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