書誌事項
- 公開日
- 2008-12-03
- 権利情報
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- https://karger.com/pages/terms-and-conditions
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- DOI
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- 10.1159/000182580
- 公開者
- S. Karger AG
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説明
<jats:p>The history of the use of children’s growth as a measure of the nutrition and hygiene of a population since the early 19th century is outlined. Secular trends towards greater height and earlier maturity are reported; the increase in adult height in British men born between 1900 and 1946 averaged about 1.25 cm/decade and in those born between 1946 and 1960 0.6 cm/decade, according to the data of Kuh et al. [Int J Epidemiol 1991;20:1001-1009]. Social class differences in height persist in the UK, amounting to almost 2 cm between the well off and the unskilled. The average height of subgroups of most populations serves well as a proxy for their health status and relates to their mortality rate.</jats:p>
収録刊行物
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- Hormone Research
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Hormone Research 38 Suppl 1 106-115, 2008-12-03
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