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The association between height and birth order: evidence from 652 518 Swedish men

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  • Mikko Myrskylä Max Planck Research Group Lifecourse Dynamics and Demographic Change, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Karri Silventoinen Population Research Unit, Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Aline Jelenkovic Department of Genetics, Physical Anthropology and Animal Physiology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain Department of Public Health, Hjelt Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Per Tynelius Child and Adolescent Public Health Epidemiology, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Finn Rasmussen Child and Adolescent Public Health Epidemiology, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Mikko Myrskylä, Max Planck Research Group Lifecourse Dynamics and Demographic Change, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Konrad-Zuse-Straße 1, Rostock 18057, Germany; myrskyla{at}demogr.mpg.de
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Myrskylä M, Silventoinen K, Jelenkovic A, et al
The association between height and birth order: evidence from 652 518 Swedish men
J Epidemiol Community Health 2013;67:571-577.

Publication history

  • Received December 17, 2012
  • Revised March 13, 2013
  • Accepted March 22, 2013
  • First published May 3, 2013.
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April 27, 2016

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