Body height and mass of girls from rural communities in Krosno region as affected by political and economical changes in Poland in the period 1977-1997
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1999
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Polskie Towarzystwo Antropologiczne
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Body height and mass were determined in girls aged 10.5-18.5 years in three periods: 1977 (n = 1028), 1987 (n = 1255) and in 1997 (n = 1992). The families of those girls were classified into three categories: farmers, farmer-workers and non-farmers. The economical crisis affected predominantly the rural non-farmer population while farmers were most independent from food rationing. After the change of the system and after the state-owned and co-operative farms had been dissolved, the economical situation of the rural non-farmer population worsened further, which showed in the biological parameters of girls.
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Anthropological Review, vol. 62, 1999, pp. 3-16