The evolution of adult height in Europe: A brief note

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 340-349

  Garcia, Jaume ^a   Quintana Domeque, Climent ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ECHP; Europe; Height

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IRELAND; ITALY; MALE; PORTUGAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH TRANSITION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34249863346     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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