Stagnation of heights among second-generation U.S.-born army personneln

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 445-455

  Komlos, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 43049089436     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2008.00541.x     Document Type: Article

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