Do big females have big pelves?

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 377-393

  Tague, Robert G ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clavicle; Femur; Obstetrics; Pelvis; Sexual difference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY SIZE; CHILDBIRTH; CLAVICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; PELVIC GIRDLE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; PELVIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033938955     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-8644(200007)112:3<377::AID-AJPA8>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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