Secular trend of height variations in Iranian population born between 1940 and 1984

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-7

  Haghdoost, A A ^a   Mirzazadeh, A ^a   Alikhani, Sialik ^b  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

Height; Iran; Secular trend; Socio economical development

Indexed keywords

EID: 51649118107     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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