Nevill's explanation of Kleiber's 0.75 mass exponent: An artifact of collinearity problems in least squares models?

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 693-697

  Batterham, Alan M ^a   Tolfrey, Keith ^a   George, Keith P ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

allometry; log linear models; multiple regression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY MASS; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0031040417     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.82.2.693     Document Type: Article

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