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The height of a child has been suggested to be a ‘very useful indicator of general physical development and its study may give valuable pointers to circumstances before, during or after birth which have an adverse effect upon development’ (Davie et al., 1972). The relationship between children’s height and factors such as social class, family size and their own mother’s height has been demonstrated in a number of other studies (see Douglas and Simpson, 1964; Grant, 1964; Tanner, Goldstein and Whitehouse, 1970).
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Lambert, L., Streather, J. (1980). Height. In: Children in Changing Families. National Children’s Bureau series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16377-9_12
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