Association between somatotypes and blood pressure in an adult Chuvasha population

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 466-476

  Kalichman, Leonid ^a   Livshits, Gregory ^a   Kobyliansky, Eugene ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOMATOTYPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUSSIA; SOMATOTYPES;

EID: 6344253178     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460412331281728     Document Type: Article

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