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Height, weight and BMI of schoolchildren in Jena, Germany--are the secular changes levelling off?

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  • Zellner, Konrad
  • Jaeger, Uwe
  • Kromeyer-Hauschild, Katrin

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  • Zellner, Konrad & Jaeger, Uwe & Kromeyer-Hauschild, Katrin, 2004. "Height, weight and BMI of schoolchildren in Jena, Germany--are the secular changes levelling off?," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 2(2), pages 281-294, June.
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