Trends in the association between height and socioeconomic indicators in France, 1970-2003

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 396-404

  Singh Manoux, Archana ^a,b,c   Gourmelen, Julie ^a   Ferrie, Jane ^b   Silventoinen, Karri ^d   Guéguen, Alice ^a   Stringhini, Silvia ^a   Nabi, Hermann ^a   Kivimaki, Mika ^b  

^a HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines University   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Height; Social inequalities; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 78349306003     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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