Anthropometric and biomechanical characteristics on body segments of Koreans

Journal of Physiological Anthropology and Applied Human Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 91-99

  Park, Se Jin ^a   Kim, Chae Bogk ^b   Park, Soo Chan ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

^b Korea National University of Education   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body segment; Center of mass; Density; Dimension; Mass; Volume

Indexed keywords

EID: 9444256406     PISSN: 13453475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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