3-D breast anthropometry of plus-sized women in South Africa

Ergonomics

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 866-875

  Pandarum, Reena ^a   Yu, Winnie ^b   Hunter, Lawrance ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

3 D body scanner; Bra fit; Breast volume; Plus sized women; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; SCANNING;

BODY SCANNERS; BRA FIT; BREAST VOLUME; PLUS-SIZED WOMEN; SOUTH AFRICA;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST; CLOTHING; CONSUMER; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST; CLOTHING; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053095634     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2011.597515     Document Type: Article

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