How have Europeans grown so tall?

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 349-372

  Hatton, Timothy J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; HEIGHT; INCOME; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

EUROPE;

EID: 84896113020     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpt030     Document Type: Article

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