Height of nations: a socioeconomic analysis of cohort differences and patterns among women in 54 low- to middle-income countries.

Adult height is a useful biological measure of long term population health and well being. We examined the cohort differences and socioeconomic patterning in adult height in low- to middle-income countries.We analyzed cross-sectional, representative samples of 364,538 women aged 25-49 years drawn fr...

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Main Authors: S V Subramanian, Emre Özaltin, Jocelyn E Finlay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3080396?pdf=render