Body size and shape, and its secular change in Javanese-Indonesian adults

Anthropological Science

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 165-170

  Ashizawa, Kumi ^a   Rahmawati, Neni T ^b   Hastuti, Janatin ^b  

^a OTSUMA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Adults; Body size; Japanese; Javanese Indonesian; Secular change

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949296226     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.080826     Document Type: Article

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