Variations of somatotype in elderly Sardinians

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 403-411

  Buffa, R ^a   Succa, V ^a   Garau, D ^a   Marini, E ^a   Floris, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATOTYPE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOMATOTYPES;

EID: 23844470406     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20141     Document Type: Article

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