Leg and trunk length at 43 years in relation to childhood health, diet and family circumstances; evidence from the 1946 national birth cohort.

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  2002

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  International Journal of Epidemiology

• Publication date

  2002-04-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1093/IJE/31.2.383PMID 11980800
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