ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS OF THE HAND LENGTH AND THEIR CORRELATION WITH THE STATURE IN EASTERN INDIAN POPULATION
Autor: | Anwesa Pal, Prerana Aggarwal, Subhadip Bharati, Madhusmita Panda, Indra Datta, Prithwish Roy |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Zdroj: | National Journal of Medical Research, Vol 4, Iss 04 (2014) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 2249-4995 2277-8810 |
Popis: | Introduction: Estimation of height of an individual is important not only for anthropologists and forensic medicine personal but also for physical assessment of nutritional status of an individual by nutritionists and physicians. Materials and Methods: Stature and hand length of 235 medical students of both sexes belonging to the Eastern part of India were measured and a correlation between the two was determined. Result: A significant (p |
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