Anthropometry of the Singaporean and Indonesian populations

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 757-766

  Chuan, Tan Kay ^a   Hartono, Markus ^a   Kumar, Naresh ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body mass index (BMI); Indonesian; Singaporean

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC DATA; BODY MASS INDEX; DIMENSIONAL CHANGES; ETHNIC GROUPS; GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGINS; INDONESIA; INDONESIAN; PRODUCT DESIGNERS; SCALING METHOD; SINGAPORE; SINGAPOREAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUB-GROUPS; SYSTEMS DESIGN; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

DATA HANDLING; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ANTHROPOMETRY;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 77957753372     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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