Secular trend in body height and weight of Turkish adults

Anthropological Science

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-199

  Özer, Başak Koca ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Height; Secular change; Turkish adults; Weight

Indexed keywords

EID: 58249125588     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.061213     Document Type: Article

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