Relative variation in human proximal and distal limb segment lengths

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 26-33

  Holliday, Trenton W ^a   Ruff, Christopher B ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Limb proportions; Variance covariance matrices

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMERUS; LIMB; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RADIUS; TIBIA;

ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; RADIUS; SEX FACTORS; TIBIA;

EID: 0034841050     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1098     Document Type: Article

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