Estimation of secular trends in adult height, and childhood socioeconomic circumstances in three Eastern European populations

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 228-236

  Webb, Elizabeth Alice ^a   Kuh, Diana ^a   Pajak, Andrzej ^b   Kubinova, Ruzena ^c   Malyutina, Sofia ^d   Bobak, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Adult height; Czech Republic; Poland; Russia; Secular trends; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; EASTERN EUROPE; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; POLAND; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREND STUDY;

AGED; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 47149091489     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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