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Slave Prices, Geography and Insolation in 19th Century African-American Stature [PDF]

The use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in the economic literature. Moreover, while much is known about 19th century black legal and material conditions, less is known about how 19th century institutional ...
Scott A. Carson
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Sexual Dimorphism in Stature (SDS), jealousy and mate retention [PDF]

, 2010
Previous research has investigated the manner in which absolute height impacts on jealousy and mate retention. Although relative height is also important, little information exists about the potential influence of sexual dimorphism in stature (SDS ...
Charlene Riley, Gayle Brewer, Riley, C, Brewer, Gayle   +3 more
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Study of the Stature Structure of 10-12 Years Old Female Students in Selected Elementary Schools in Tehran

Journal of Client-centered Nursing Care, 2016
Background: One of the common problems in early adolescence is skeletal disorders which has an international dimension to the extent that structural and postural abnormalities screening programs are in schools agenda in different countries for years ...
Leili Borimnejad, Nahid Salmanyazdi, Hamid Haghani   +2 more
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The Relationship between Stature and Insolation: Evidence from Soldiers and Prisoners [PDF]

Nineteenth century white US statures varied with nutrition, disease exposure, and the physical environment. An additional explanation for stature growth is vitamin D production.
Scott A. Carson
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Idiopathic short stature [PDF]

, 2013
Growth is a complex process and the basic characteristic of child- hood growth monitoring provides insight into the physiological and pathological events in the body.
Jovanović-Privrodski Jadranka, Obrenović Milan, Katanić Dragan, Vorgučin Ivana, Kavečan Ivana, Vlaški Jovan   +5 more
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The Correlation of Tooth Sizes and Jaw Dimensions with Biological Sex and Stature in a Contemporary Central European Population

Biology
Dental anthropology provides a deep insight into biological, ecological and cultural aspects associated with human individuality, behaviour and living conditions and the environment.
Kurt W. Alt, Nils Honrath, Maximilian Weykamp, Peter Grönebaum, Nicole Nicklisch, Werner Vach   +5 more
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Les statistiques coloniales en question. Niveaux de vie, croissance démographique et économie des populations indigène et européenne en Algérie au xixe siècle. Approche par l’histoire anthropométrique

Les Cahiers de Framespa, 2017
The data processing of French colonial military archives makes it possible to reconstitue the changes in mean height of colonial recruits (spahis and tirailleurs) and European conscripts of Algeria, respectively for birth decades 1800-1880 and 1850-1880.
Laurent Heyberger 
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Geography, Insolation, and Institutional Change in 19th Century African-American andWhite Stature in Southern States [PDF]

The use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in the economic literature. While much is known about 19th century black legal and material conditions, less is known about how 19th century biological conditions were ...
Scott A. Carson
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The Biological Standard of Living in the two Germanies. [PDF]

Physical stature is used as a proxy for the biological standard of living in the two Germanies before and after unification in an analysis of a cross-sectional sample (1998) of adult heights, as well as among military recruits of the 1990s.
Kriwy, Peter, Komlos, John
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On English Pygmies and Giants: the Physical Stature of English Youth in the late-18th and early-19th Centuries [PDF]

The physical stature of lower- and upper-class English youth are compared to one another and to their European and North American counterparts. The height gap between the rich and poor was the greatest in England, reaching 22 cm at age 16.
Komlos, John
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