Temporal changes in stature of western Japanese based on limb characteristics

Anthropological Science

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-168

  Wada, Yo ^a,c   Motomura, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Hyogo Pref Police Headquarters   (Japan)

^c Human Anatomy and Morphology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Limb characteristics; Stature; Western and Kanto Japanese

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034164115     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.108.147     Document Type: Article

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