Month of birth and height. A case study in rural Spain

Begoña Candela-Martínez, Salvador Ramallo-Ros, José Cañabate and José-Miguel Martínez-Carrión

Economics & Human Biology, 2022, vol. 47, issue C

Abstract: Season of birth correlates to a wide range of health conditions throughout life measured by anthropometrics. This study explores whether the month of birth and weather during gestation influence male adult height, based on Spain’s rural population before the end of the modernization process.

Keywords: Height; Seasonality; Birth month; Climate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2022.101157

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