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Biosocial influences on stature: a review

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C.G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor
C.G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor
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Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , January 1991 , pp. 113 - 128
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