Growth in an English population from the Industrial Revolution

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-92

  Mays, Simon ^a   Brickley, M ^b   Ives, R ^b  

^a ENGLISH HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

19th century; Endochondral bone growth; England; Industrialisation; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; DIAPHYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RATE; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG LENGTH; METHODOLOGY; ODONTOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SKELETON; SOCIETY; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URBANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH; INFANT; LEG; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; GROWTH; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; LEG BONES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 42149093812     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20780     Document Type: Article

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