Between the Great War and the Great Depression: preliminary observations on the 'missing link' in the history of human stature in Poland.
Anthropometric history
Poland
Secular trend
Stature
Journal
Economics and human biology
ISSN: 1873-6130
Titre abrégé: Econ Hum Biol
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101166135
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2019
08 2019
Historique:
received:
25
07
2018
revised:
03
01
2019
accepted:
03
01
2019
pubmed:
19
1
2019
medline:
30
1
2020
entrez:
19
1
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The paper traces the secular trend in stature in Poland in the interwar period. On the basis of individual measuring cards created by military authorities for Krosno and Sarny districts, the author states that the secular trend in stature that started in the mid-1860s continued between the two world wars with the velocity of at least 0.7 cm per decade, i.e. at a similar rate as in the second half of the 19th century. Although regional differences inside the Second Polish Republic were clearly visible, cohorts born during the Great War were able to make up the lost ground in their teens despite the hardships caused by the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30655209
pii: S1570-677X(18)30208-9
doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2019.01.001
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Historical Article
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
162-168Informations de copyright
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