A century of trends in adult human height

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A century of trends in adult human height

Being taller is associated with enhanced longevity, and higher education and earnings. We reanalysed 1472 population-based studies, with measurement of height on more than 18.6 million participants to estimate mean height for people born between 1896 and 1996 in 200 countries. The largest gain in...

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Main Author:	NCD Risk Factor Collaboration, (NCD-RisC)
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Online Access:	http://eprints.usm.my/35732/ http://eprints.usm.my/35732/1/Foo_LH_eLife.13410_2016.pdf

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