Commentary: The long and short of why taller people are healthier and live longer

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1434-1435

  Özaltin, Emre ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESPAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84867620849     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys144     Document Type: Note

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