Regional differences in world human body dimensions: The multi-way analysis approach

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 325-345

  Lee, Sangdon ^a,c   Bro, Rasmus ^b,d  

^a Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Parallel factor analysis; Principal component analysis; World anthropometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007826467     PISSN: 1463922X     EISSN: 1464536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14639220701511713     Document Type: Article

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