Upper segment/lower segment ratio and armspan-height difference in healthy Turkish children

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 407-413

  Turan, Serap ^a   Bereket, Abdullah ^a,b   Omar, Anjum ^a   Berber, Mustafa ^a   Ozen, Ahmet ^a   Bekiroglu, Nural ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Armspan; Auxology; Body proportions; Upper segment lower segment ratio

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ARM; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; TURKEY;

EID: 16844381214     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250410023269     Document Type: Article

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