Economics & Human Biology

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Volume 4, issue 3, 2006

The health hazards of unemployment and poor education: The socioeconomic determinants of health duration in the European Union pp. 273-297

D. Cooper, W.D. McCausland and Ioannis Theodossiou

Deaths rise in good economic times: Evidence from the OECD pp. 298-316

Ulf-G. Gerdtham and Christopher Ruhm

Seasonal anthropometric cycles in a command economy: The case of Czechoslovakia, 1946-1966 pp. 317-341

Tomas Cvrcek

Height, weight and earnings among coalminers in India pp. 342-350

Soumyananda Dinda, P.K. Gangopadhyay, B.P. Chattopadhyay, H.N. Saiyed, M. Pal and P. Bharati

Infant mortality in Armenia, 1992-2003 pp. 351-358

Mihran Hakobyan, Ararat Mkrtchyan and Levon Yepiskoposyan

Height and weight in Germany, evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel, 2002 pp. 359-382

Guido Heineck

Economic transition and household food consumption: A study of Bulgaria from 1985 to 2002 pp. 383-397

Ludmila Ivanova, Plamen Dimitrov, Dora Ovcharova, Jocilyn Dellava and Daniel J. Hoffman

Does height modify the risk of angina associated with economic adversity? pp. 398-411

Walter Osika, Anna Ehlin and Scott M. Montgomery

Neuroactive hormones and interpersonal trust: International evidence pp. 412-429

Paul J. Zak and Ahlam Fakhar

G. Lopez-Cassanovas, B. Rivera and L. Currais, Editors, Health and Economic Growth: Findings and Policy Implications, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA (2005) pp. 430-432

Samuel Cameron

C.A. Roberts, J.E. Buikstra, The Bioarchaeology of Tuberculosis, A Global View on a Reemerging Disease, University Press of Florida, (368 pp), 2003, $59.95 US (ISBN: 0-8130-2643-1) pp. 433-434

Susan Pfeiffer

S. Szreter, Health and Wealth: Studies in History and Policy, University of Rochester Press, Rochester (2005) pp. xiv + 506 pp. 435-437

Andrew Hinde

James A. Trostle, Epidemiology and Culture, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (2005) p. 228 pp. 438-439

Deborah L. Crooks

Volume 4, issue 2, 2006

Twin differences in birth weight: The effects of genotype and prenatal environment on neonatal and post-neonatal mortality pp. 151-183

Dalton Conley, Kate W. Strully and Neil G. Bennett

Physical stature of adult Tsimane' Amerindians, Bolivian Amazon in the 20th century pp. 184-205

Ricardo A. Godoy, William R. Leonard, Victoria Reyes-Garcia, Elizabeth Goodman, Thomas McDade, Tomas Huanca, Susan Tanner and Vincent Vadez

Female productivity and mortality in early-20th-century Taiwan pp. 206-221

Kelly B. Olds

Geographical height variation among Ohio Caucasian male convicts born 1780-1849 pp. 222-236

Nancy E. Tatarek

Two centuries of growth among Czech children and youth pp. 237-252

J. Vignerova, M. Brabec and P. Blaha

The relationship between obesity and seasonal variation in body weight among elementary school children in Tokyo pp. 253-261

Masako Kobayashi and Maiko Kobayashi

T. Cuff, The Hidden Cost of Economic Development: The Biological Standard of Living in Antebellum Pennsylvania, Ashgate, Aldershot (2005) (pp. 277 + xvii, ISBN 0 7546 4119 8) pp. 262-263

John E. Murray

J. Riley, Poverty and Life Expectancy: The Jamaica Paradox, Cambridge University Press (2005) (xiv + 235 pages, ISBN 0-521-85047-9) pp. 264-265

Peter Razzell

Fredriks, A.M., 2004. Growth Diagrams. Fourth Dutch Nation-Wide Survey, 1997. Thesis, Leiden University, p. 258 pp. 266-269

J.C. van Wieringen

Erratum and addendum to "Inequality in Japan (1892-1941): Physical stature, income, and health" [Econ. Hum. Biol. 4 (2006) 62-88] pp. 270-272

Jean-Pascal Bassino

Volume 4, issue 1, 2006

Reducing child malnutrition in Tanzania: Combined effects of income growth and program interventions pp. 1-23

Harold Alderman, Hans Hoogeveen and Mariacristina Rossi

Secular trend and regional differences in the stature of Italians, 1854-1980 pp. 24-38

Emilia Arcaleni

Time discounting and the body mass index: Evidence from the Netherlands pp. 39-61

Lex Borghans and Bart Golsteyn

Inequality in Japan (1892-1941): Physical stature, income, and health pp. 62-88

Jean-Pascal Bassino

Growth of Estonian seventeen-year-old boys during the last two centuries pp. 89-103

Mart Lintsi and Helje Kaarma

Health and nutrition in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union during the decade of transition: A review of the literature pp. 104-146

Steven Stillman

R.W. Fogel, The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700-2100: Europe, America and the Third World, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004, ISBN 0-521-00488-8 pp. 147-149

Bernard Harris

Volume 3, issue 3, 2005

The bigger the healthier: Are the limits of BMI risk changing over time? pp. 339-366

R. Max Henderson

Body mass index and health among Union Army veterans: 1891-1905 pp. 367-387

Claudia Linares and Dejun Su

Healthcare infrastructure, contraceptive use and infant mortality in Uttar Pradesh, India pp. 388-404

Alok Bhargava, Sadia Chowdhury and K.K. Singh

The biological standard of living in 19th century Mexico and in the American West pp. 405-419

Scott Alan Carson

Love, careers, and heights in France, 2001 pp. 420-449

Nicolas Herpin

Boom, bust, and the human body: Further evidence on the relationship between height and business cycles pp. 450-466

Marco Sunder and Ulrich Woitek

Volume 3, issue 2, 2005

Childhood influences on youth obesity pp. 165-187

Timothy Classen and Charles Hokayem

Obesity and the incidence of chronic diseases in Spain: A seemingly unrelated probit approach pp. 188-214

Joan Costa-Font and Joan Gil

Overweight and stunting in migrant Hispanic children in the USA pp. 215-240

Diane L. Markowitz and Sheila Cosminsky

Obesity, weight status and employability: Empirical evidence from a French national survey pp. 241-258

Alain Paraponaris, Berengere Saliba and Bruno Ventelou

Are time preference and body mass index associated?: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth pp. 259-270

Patricia K. Smith, Barry Bogin and David Bishai

Toward generation XL: Anthropometrics of longevity in late 20th-century United States pp. 271-295

Marco Sunder

Health and wealth: The late-20th century obesity epidemic in the U.S pp. 296-313

Jay Zagorsky

Young adult mortality following severe physiological stress in childhood: Skeletal evidence pp. 314-328

Richard Steckel

A new anti-obesity drug treatment: First clinical evidence that, antagonising glutamate-gated Ca2+ ion channels with memantine normalises binge-eating disorders pp. 329-337

M. Hermanussen and J.A.F. Tresguerres

Volume 3, issue 1, 2005

Analysis of periodic fluctuations of the height of Swedish soldiers in 18th and 19th centuries pp. 1-16

Marek Brabec

Mortality and socio-economic differences in Denmark: a competing risks proportional hazard model pp. 17-32

Jakob Munch and Michael Svarer

Height and BMI of Italian immigrants to the USA, 1908-1970 pp. 33-43

Maria Enrica Danubio, Elisa Amicone and Rita Vargiu

The height-for-age of Indian children pp. 45-65

Vani Borooah

Treading water: The long-term impact of the 1998 flood on nutrition in Bangladesh pp. 67-96

Carlo del Ninno and Mattias Lundberg

Mortality recovery and stabilization in Kazakhstan, 1995-2001 pp. 97-122

Charles M. Becker and Dina S. Urzhumova

The Jewish-Arab divide in life expectancy in Israel pp. 123-137

Dov Chernichovsky and Jon Anson

Human capital, wealth, and nutrition in the Bolivian Amazon pp. 139-162

Ricardo Godoy, Victoria Reyes-Garcia, Vincent Vadez, William R. Leonard, Tomas Huanca and Jonathan Bauchet

Erratum to "The biological standard of living in the two Koreas": [Economics and Human Biology 2 (3) (2004) 511-521] pp. 163-163

Sunyoung Pak

Erratum to "Alcohol abuse and suicide attempts among youth": [Economics and Human Biology 2 (2) (2004) 159-180] pp. 164-164

Pinka Chatterji, Dhaval Dave, Robert Kaestner and Sara Markowitz