Body proportion chart for evaluating changes in stature, sitting height and leg length in children and adolescents

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 556-560

  Hattori, Komei ^a   Hirohara, Toshie ^b   Satake, Takashi ^c  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body proportion chart; leg length; lower body upper body ratio; sitting height

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; CHILD HEALTH; GRAPHICAL METHOD; HEIGHT; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TREND ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE;

JAPAN;

EID: 80051717015     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2011.577456     Document Type: Article

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