Fertility decline and the heights of children in Britain, 1886-1938

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 505-519

  Hatton, Timothy J ^a   Martin, Richard M ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fertility decline; Health in Britain; Heights of children

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958509453     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: 10902457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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