Human allometry: Adult bodies are more nearly geometrically similar than regression analysis has suggested

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-17

  Burton, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY PATTERNING; BODY SIZE; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70450235044     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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