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The impact of physical connectedness on body height in Swiss conscripts

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Hermanussen, M., Alt, C., Staub, K., Assmann, C., & Groth, D. (2014). The impact of physical connectedness on body height in Swiss conscripts. Anthropologischer Anzeiger, 71(4), 313–327. https://doi.org/10.1127/0003-5548/2014/0466

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Background: Human populations differ in height. Recent evidence suggests that social networks play an important role in the regulation of adolescent growth and adult height. We further investigated the effect of physical connectedness on height. Material and methods: We considered Switzerland as a geographic network with 169 nodes (district capitals) and 335 edges (connecting roads) and studied effects of connectedness on height in Swiss conscript from 1884–1891, 1908–1910, and 2004–2009. We also created exponential-family random gra

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71

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4

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313

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327

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2014-06-27

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2014-08-24

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0003-5548

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Hermanussen, M., Alt, C., Staub, K., Assmann, C., & Groth, D. (2014). The impact of physical connectedness on body height in Swiss conscripts. Anthropologischer Anzeiger, 71(4), 313–327. https://doi.org/10.1127/0003-5548/2014/0466

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