Permanent URL to this publication: http://dx.doi.org/10.5167/uzh-50046
Staub, K; Rühli, F; Woitek, U; Pfister, C (2011). The average height of 18- and 19-year-old conscripts (N=458,322) in Switzerland from 1992 to 2009, and the secular height trend since 1878. Swiss Medical Weekly, 141:w13238.
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Abstract
While the increase in average height among Swiss conscripts (representative 90% of the male Swiss population) since the 19th century is usually attributed to improvements in living conditions, all of the factors contributing to the recent slowdown have yet to be identified.
| Item Type: | Journal Article, refereed, original work |
|---|---|
| Communities & Collections: | 04 Faculty of Medicine > Institute of Anatomy |
| DDC: | 570 Life sciences; biology 610 Medicine & health |
| Language: | English |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Deposited On: | 20 Oct 2011 16:32 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Nov 2012 15:35 |
| Publisher: | EMH Swiss Medical Publishers |
| ISSN: | 0036-7672 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.4414/smw.2011.13238 |
| PubMed ID: | 21805409 |
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