"Can breast feeding help you in later life? Evidence from German military heights in the early 20th century"

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 420-430

  Haines, Michael R ^a   Kintner, Hallie J ^b  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Germany; Human heights; Infant mortality; Military personnel

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; INFANT MORTALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MILITARY SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 55649085743     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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