The history of the Army weight standards

Military Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 564-570

  Johnson, Niel A ^a  

^a EISENHOWER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MILITARY MEDICINE; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MILITARY MEDICINE; REFERENCE VALUES; UNITED STATES; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 0031202180     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/162.8.564     Document Type: Article

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