An increase of stature in several countries of Western Europe has been studied in 1964 by the author, for the period 1880-1960. The data presented here concern the evolution of this process since the last twenty years, in eleven countries of the same region of the world. It is based on the national means of recruit statures. 18-20 years of age, and for some countries, on the regional means. Between 1969 and 1980, an average increase of stature, varying from 2 cm to more than 4 cm has been noted in all the countries studied. For the period 1880-1980, the increase has been variable, from 3,7 cm in Portugal to more than 15 cm in Netherlands. A yearly analyse indicates that the increase has been more or less regular in general, except some smal...
International audienceAverage physical stature has increased dramatically during the 20th century in...
Increases in human stature are a key indicator of improvements in the average health of populations....
The records of height of 841,457 18-year-old Portuguese males were analyzed by area of residence (di...
An increase of stature in several countries of Western Europe has been studied in 1964 by the author...
Summary. — The mean stature in France was calculated from a study of 550.000 young recruits men from...
This paper presents 5-yearly data on the height of young adult men in 15 Western European countries ...
This paper presents new evidence on the evolution of adult height in 10 European countries for cohor...
Summary. — The mean stature of 23,400 young french men was 172.33 cm in 1974 ; it is not the final s...
Chamla M.C. L'accroissement de la stature en France de 1880 à 1960 ; comparaison avec les pays d'Eur...
This paper presents new evidence on the evolution of adult height in 10 European countries for cohor...
This paper presents five-yearly data on the height of young adult men in 15 Western European countri...
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: This paper aims to provide an overview of variations in average height betwe...
This paper presents new evidence on the evolution of adult height in 10 European countries for cohor...
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: This paper aims to provide an overview of variations in average height between 1...
Average physical stature has increased dramatically during the 20th century in many populations acro...
International audienceAverage physical stature has increased dramatically during the 20th century in...
Increases in human stature are a key indicator of improvements in the average health of populations....
The records of height of 841,457 18-year-old Portuguese males were analyzed by area of residence (di...
An increase of stature in several countries of Western Europe has been studied in 1964 by the author...
Summary. — The mean stature in France was calculated from a study of 550.000 young recruits men from...
This paper presents 5-yearly data on the height of young adult men in 15 Western European countries ...
This paper presents new evidence on the evolution of adult height in 10 European countries for cohor...
Summary. — The mean stature of 23,400 young french men was 172.33 cm in 1974 ; it is not the final s...
Chamla M.C. L'accroissement de la stature en France de 1880 à 1960 ; comparaison avec les pays d'Eur...
This paper presents new evidence on the evolution of adult height in 10 European countries for cohor...
This paper presents five-yearly data on the height of young adult men in 15 Western European countri...
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: This paper aims to provide an overview of variations in average height betwe...
This paper presents new evidence on the evolution of adult height in 10 European countries for cohor...
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: This paper aims to provide an overview of variations in average height between 1...
Average physical stature has increased dramatically during the 20th century in many populations acro...
International audienceAverage physical stature has increased dramatically during the 20th century in...
Increases in human stature are a key indicator of improvements in the average health of populations....
The records of height of 841,457 18-year-old Portuguese males were analyzed by area of residence (di...