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Chronobiological Hypothesis about the Association Between Height Growth Seasonality and Geographical Differences in Body Height According to Effective Day Length Cover

Chronobiological Hypothesis about the Association Between Height Growth Seasonality and Geographical Differences in Body Height According to Effective Day Length

By: Masana Yokoya and  Yukito Higuchi  
Open Access
|Nov 2016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jcr.142 | Journal eISSN: 1740-3391
Language: English
Published on: Nov 11, 2016
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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