Modeling physiological and anthropometric variables known to vary with body size and other confounding variables

Yearbook of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 48, Issue , 2005, Pages 141-153

  Nevill, Alan M ^a   Bate, Stuart ^a   Holder, Roger L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometry; Body size covariates; Heteroscedasticity; Log linear regression models; Proportionality; Ratios

Indexed keywords

EID: 32044461124     PISSN: 0096848X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20356     Document Type: Review

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