Correlation between the Postmortem Stature and the Dried Limb-Bone Lengths of Korean Adult Males

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 79-85

  Choi, Byoung Young ^a   Chae, Young Moon ^b   Chung, In Hyuk ^b   Kang, Ho Suck ^c  

^a Catholic Kwandong University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Correlation coefficient; Dried limb bone; Koreans; Multiple regression; Regression equation; Simple regression; Stature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIMB; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; EXTREMITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031111733     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.1997.38.2.79     Document Type: Article

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