Height, income, and nutrition in the Netherlands: The second half of the 19th century

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-195

  Jacobs, Jan ^a   Tassenaar, Vincent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Height; Income; Nineteenth Century; Nutrition; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BREAD; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIETARY INTAKE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPIRICISM; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INCOME; NETHERLANDS; NUTRITION; POTATO; PROSPECTIVE PRICING; STATISTICAL MODEL; FEMALE; HISTORY; MALE;

BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 3543114371     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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