Anthropometric variation among bering sea natives

Human Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 653-675

  Justice, Anne ^a   Rubicz, Rohina ^b   Chittoor, Geetha ^b   Jantz, Richard L ^c   Crawford, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaskan natives; Anthropometric measurements; Population structure; Pribilof Islands; St. Lawrence Island

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751669953     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/027.082.0509     Document Type: Article

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