Body height estimation based on tibia length in different stature groups

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-27

  Duyar, Izzet ^a   Pelin, Can ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Body proportions; Forensic anthropology; Stature estimation; Tibia length

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG LENGTH; LONG BONE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TIBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFERENCE VALUES; TIBIA;

EID: 0042889266     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10257     Document Type: Article

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