Spatial patterns of anthropometric variation in India with reference to geographic, climatic, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 407-444

  Bharati, S ^a   Demarchi, D A ^b   Mukherji, D ^c   Vasulu, T S ^a   Bharati, P ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c Institute of Ecological and Developmental Studies   (India)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Caste hierarchy; Geographical climes; Population structure; Spatial

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLIMATE; ETHNIC GROUP; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIA; LANGUAGE; METHODOLOGY; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLIMATE; ETHNIC GROUPS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INDIA; LANGUAGE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 24344494337     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460500097443     Document Type: Article

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