Perspectives on dimensional analysis in scaling studies

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 175-189

  Prothero, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; BIOLOGY; DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL MODEL; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036091496     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2002.0037     Document Type: Review

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