Geographical Distribution of Adolescent Body Height with Respect to Effective Day Length in Japan: An Ecological Analysis

The height of Japanese youth raised in the northern region tends to be greater than that of youth raised in the southern region; therefore, a geographical gradient in youth body height exists. Although this gradient has existed for about 100 years, the reasons for it remain unclear. Consideration of...

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Autores principales: Yokoya, Masana, Shimizu, Hideyasu, Higuchi, Yukito
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3515496/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23227226
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050994

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3515496/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23227226
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050994

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