Intergenerational gains in relative knee height as compared to gains in relative leg length within Taiwanese families

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 462-464

  Floyd, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; LEG LENGTH; MALE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; TAIWAN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; TAIWAN;

EID: 48049108985     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20768     Document Type: Article

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