Regression equations for estimating stature from long bones of early holocene European samples

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-88

  Formicola, Vincenzo ^a   Franceschi, Marcello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Osteology; Regression equations; Stature

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG BONE; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BODY HEIGHT; EUROPE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; HUMERUS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LEG; MALE; PALEOPATHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPINE; TIBIA;

EID: 0029912456     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199605)100:1<83::AID-AJPA8>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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