The relationship between anthropometric measurements and the bony pelvis in African American and European American women

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1019-1024

  Ridgeway, Beri ^a   Arias, Beatriz E ^a   Barber, Matthew D ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometrics; Bony pelvis; Pelvic inlet; Pelvic outlet; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILIAC CREST; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIC GIRDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; TRUNK;

EID: 80052453234     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: 14333023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-011-1416-1     Document Type: Article

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