Secular changes in the height of Polish schoolboys from 1955 to 1988

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 310-317

  Bielecki, Emily M ^a   Haas, Jere D ^a   Hulanicka, Barbara ^b  

^a 213 Savage Hall ^*  (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANTHROPOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Children; Height; Poland; Political and economic transition; Secular changes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENT; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATURATION; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; POLAND; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; POLAND; POLITICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84859212221     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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