Adult body height, self perceived health and mortality in the Swedish population.

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Published in J Epidemiol Community Health on December 01, 1989

Authors

A M Peck1, D H Vågerö

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Social Medicine, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden.

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