Porters of the eastern hills of Nepal: Body size and load weight

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-11

  Malville, Nancy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0002097240     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6300(1999)11:1<1::AID-AJHB1>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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