Revision of the fully technique for estimating statures

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 374-384

  Raxter, Michelle H ^a   Auerbach, Benjamin M ^b   Ruff, Christopher B ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomical method; Living stature; Skeletal height; Stature estimation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CADAVER; CALCANEUS; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETON; SKULL; TALUS; TIBIA; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BONE AND BONES; CALCANEUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKULL; SPINE; TALUS; TIBIA;

EID: 33744958357     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20361     Document Type: Article

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