Sitting height and subischial leg length of Thai schoolboys in Bangkok

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 85, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages

  Wacharasindhu, Suttipong ^a   Aroonparkmongkol, Suphab ^a   Supattapisan, Supattra ^a   Yodvisitsak, Wiraporn ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Height; Sitting Height; Sitting Height Height Ratio; Subischial Leg Length

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; GROWTH; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; POSTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND;

EID: 1942485059     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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