Body proportions in three Nigerian tribes

Acta Diabetologica

Volumn 40, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Azinge, E C ^b   Mabayoje, M ^b   Ward, L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bioelectrical impedance analysis; Body proportions; Limb lenghts; Nigerians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; CAUCASIAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; LIMB; MALE; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA;

EID: 0142178068     PISSN: 09405429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00592-003-0097-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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