Are chronic diseases related to height? Results from the Portuguese National Health Interview Survey

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 15, Issue , 2014, Pages 56-66

  Perelman, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Education; Height; Portugal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; OSTEOPOROSIS; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; AGE; HEALTH STATUS; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84920060882     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2014.06.001     Document Type: Article

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