Estimating body mass in subadult human skeletons

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 146-150

  Robbins, Gwen ^a   Sciulli, Paul W ^b   Blatt, Samantha H ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Femur; Geometry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR SHAFT; GEOMETRY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SKELETON; SUBADULT;

ALGORITHMS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE;

EID: 77956127706     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21320     Document Type: Article

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