Variability of height, weight, and body mass index in a Swiss Armed Forces 2005 census

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 457-468

  Rühli, Frank ^a   Henneberg, Maciej ^b   Woitek, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Conscripts; Secular trend; Socio economic; Stature

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARMY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLIMATE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GROWTH; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWITZERLAND;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 57149114579     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20889     Document Type: Article

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