Secular change in long bone length and proportion in the United States, 1800-1970

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-67

  Jantz, Lee Meadows ^a   Jantz, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Postcranial skeleton; Secular change

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG LENGTH; LONG BONE; MALNUTRITION; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032820770     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199909)110:1<57::AID-AJPA5>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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