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From left-skewness to symmetry: how body-height distribution among Swiss conscripts has changed shape since the late 19th century

Kaspar StaubCentre for Evolutionary Medicine, Institute of Anatomy and Correspondence[email protected]
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Joël FlorisDepartment of Economics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Ulrich WoitekDepartment of Economics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Frank RühliCentre for Evolutionary Medicine, Institute of Anatomy and
Pages 262-269 | Received 01 Feb 2014, Accepted 22 Jun 2014, Published online: 26 Aug 2014

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Ella Ziegler, Erik Postma, Katarina L. Matthes, Joël Floris & Kaspar Staub. (2023) Health and lifespan of Swiss men born in an alpine region in 1905–1907. The History of the Family 28:2, pages 339-359.
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Michel Poulain, Dany Chambre, Anne Herm & Gianni Pes. (2017) Anthropometric traits at military medical examinations associated with demographic family characteristics in Sardinia at the turn of twentieth century. The History of the Family 22:2-3, pages 310-332.
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Björn Quanjer & Jan Kok. (2020) Drafting the Dutch: Selection Biases in Dutch Conscript Records in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century. Social Science History 44:3, pages 501-524.
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Linda Vinci, Joël Floris, Nikola Koepke, Katarina L. Matthes, Murielle Bochud, Nicole Bender, Sabine Rohrmann, David Faeh & Kaspar Staub. (2019) Have Swiss adult males and females stopped growing taller? Evidence from the population-based nutrition survey menuCH, 2014/2015. Economics & Human Biology 33, pages 201-210.
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J. Myburgh, K. Staub, F.J. Rühli, J.R. Smith & M. Steyn. (2017) Secular trends in stature of late 20th century white South Africans and two European populations. HOMO 68:6, pages 433-439.
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Vittorio Daniele & Renato Ghezzi. (2017) The impact of World War II on nutrition and children's health in Italy. Investigaciones de Historia Económica.
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Andreas Lehmann, Joël Floris, Ulrich Woitek, Frank J Rühli & Kaspar Staub. (2016) Temporal trends, regional variation and socio-economic differences in height, BMI and body proportions among German conscripts, 1956–2010. Public Health Nutrition 20:3, pages 391-403.
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Kaspar Staub, Nicole Bender, Joël Floris, Christian Pfister & Frank J. Rühli. (2016) From Undernutrition to Overnutrition: The Evolution of Overweight and Obesity among Young Men in Switzerland since the 19th Century. Obesity Facts 9:4, pages 259-272.
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