Leg length increase/decrease in Japanese in the latter half of the 20th century

Anthropological Science

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 279-292

  Ashizawa, Kumi ^a  

^a OTSUMA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body proportion; Decrease; Increase; Japanese; Leg length

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; GENE POOL; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEG LENGTH; ORGANIZATION; TALL STATURE;

EID: 0036662111     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.110.279     Document Type: Article

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