Focused life history data and linear enamel hypoplasia to help explain intergenerational variation in relative leg length within Taiwanese families

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 358-375

  Floyd, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; LEG LENGTH; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SITTING; STUDENT T TEST; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; TAIWAN;

EID: 34249687730     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20594     Document Type: Article

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