The relationship between arm-span measurement and height with special reference to gender and ethnicity

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 398-400

  Reeves, S L ^a   Varakamin, C ^a   Henry, C J K ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arm span; Elderly; Ethnic groups; Height

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ARM; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY HEIGHT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0030011056     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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