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Height, health, and history : nutritional status in the United Kingdom, 1750-1980 / Roderick Floud, Kenneth Wachter, and Annabel Gregory.
Author
Floud, Roderick
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Description
xxi, 354 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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TX360.G7 F56
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Subject(s)
Nutrition
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Great Britain
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History
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Diet
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Great Britain
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History
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Human growth
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Great Britain
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History
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Stature
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Nutrition
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Evaluation
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Nutrition
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Great Britain
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Evaluation
—
History
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Stature
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Great Britain
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History
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Health status indicators
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Great Britain
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History
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Related name
Wachter, Kenneth W.
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Gregory, Annabel
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Series
Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ; 9.
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NBER series on long-term factors in economic development
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Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ; 9
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Summary note
Presents an anthropometric history of Britain and Ireland over the last 250 years. Studies human growth in relation to economic history and demography during 1750-1980.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 328-344)
Contents
Machine derived contents note: List of figures
List of tables
Preface
1. Height, nutritional status and the historical record
2. Inference from military height data
3. Inference from samples of military records
4. Long-term trends in nutritional status
5. Regional and occupational differentials in British heights
6. Height, nutritional status and the environment
7. Nutritional status and physical growth in Britain, 1750-1980
8. Conclusions
Bibliography
Index.
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ISBN
0521303141
9780521303149
0521029988
9780521029988
LCCN
91125423
OCLC
29387685
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