Economic transformation and biological welfare in colonial Burma: Regional differentiation in the evolution of average height

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 212-227

  Bassino, Jean Pascal ^a   Coclanis, Peter A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological welfare; Burma; Economic history; Height; Land reclamation; Physical stature; Rice frontier

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ETHNICITY; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MYANMAR; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELFARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMERCE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; ORYZA SATIVA; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 47149106274     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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