Sitting height: An analysis of five measurement techniques

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 339-344

  Carr, R V ^a   Rempel, R D ^a   Ross, W D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Reliability; Systematic error

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING;

EID: 0024365191     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1330790310     Document Type: Article

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