Long-term changes of socioeconomic differences in height among young adult men in Southern Sweden, 1818-1968

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 15, Issue , 2014, Pages 140-152

  Öberg, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Height; Long term changes; Secular trend; Social class; Socioeconomic differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FATHER; HISTORICAL PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; MALE; OCCUPATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920029288     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2014.08.003     Document Type: Article

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