Sex- and age-related variations of the somatotype in a Chuvasha population

HOMO- Journal of Comparative Human Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-162

  Kalichman, L ^a   Kobyliansky, E ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 33646170408     PISSN: 0018442X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchb.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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