Secular trend in height Mirrors socio-economic changes: A study of adolescent population from Zagreb, Croatia

Anthropologist

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 353-358

  Vecek, Andrea ^a   Tomas, Željka ^b   Petranovic, Matea Zajc ^b   Vecek, Nenad ^c   Škaric Juric, Tatjana ^b   Narancic, Nina Smolej ^b   Arch Vecek, Branka ^d   Milicic, Jasna ^b  

^a Dugo Selo Branch   (Croatia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Croatia)

^c KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^d Pediatric Practice   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Body Height; Croatia; Secular Trend; Socio economic Factors; War; Zagreb

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863793782     PISSN: 09720073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09720073.2012.11891257     Document Type: Article

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