Height and body mass influence on human body outlines: A quantitative approach using an elliptic fourier analysis

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-29

  Courtiol, Alexandre ^a   Ferdy, Jean Baptiste ^a   Godelle, Bernard ^a   Raymond, Michel ^a   Claude, Julien ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Human shape; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77950792772     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21187     Document Type: Article

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