Bringing home the bacon? Regional nutrition, stature, and gender in the industrial revolution

Economic History Review

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1354-1379

  Horrell, Sara ^a   Oxley, Deborah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETARY SHIFT; GENDER RELATIONS; LIVING STANDARD; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL HISTORY; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 84867336138     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2011.00642.x     Document Type: Article

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