Childhood socioeconomic circumstances and adult height and leg length in central and eastern Europe

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 351-357

  Webb, E ^a   Kuh, D ^a   Peasey, A ^a   Pajak, A ^b   Malyutina, S ^c   Kubinova, R ^d   Topor Madry, R ^b   Denisova, D ^c   Capkova, N ^d   Marmot, M ^a   Bobak, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; OWNERSHIP; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CRACOW; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; MALOPOLSKIE; NOVOSIBIRSK; POLAND; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 41149112903     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2006.056457     Document Type: Article

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