Height, aging and cognitive abilities across Europe

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 16, Issue , 2015, Pages 16-29

  Guven, Cahit ^a   Lee, Wang Sheng ^a,b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive abilities; Early life conditions; Height; Infant mortality rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BIRTH; BODY HEIGHT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE RESERVE; DETERIORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; STANDARD; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY HEIGHT; COGNITION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84920729049     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2013.12.005     Document Type: Article

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