Climate, racial category, and body proportions in the U.S

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 393-402

  Steegmann Jr , A Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARMY; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; CLIMATE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23844520343     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20401     Document Type: Article

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