Sex-dependent effect of post-migration adaptation on height and relative lower leg length in Polish youth

Background: Growth in tibia length is considered to be particularly sensitive to environmental stress. Aim: To estimate the effect of parental migration status on the relative length of the tibia in their school-age children. Subjects and methods: Data included a nationwide random sample of 17,155 s...

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Main Authors: Slawomir Koziel, Aleksandra Gomula, Robert M. Malina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Annals of Human Biology
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2019.1574897