Ecogeographical associations between climate and human body composition: analyses based on anthropometry and skinfolds.

scientific article published on 30 December 2011

Ecogeographical associations between climate and human body composition: analyses based on anthropometry and skinfolds. is …
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P356DOI10.1002/AJPA.21591
P698PubMed publication ID22212891
P5875ResearchGate publication ID51975936

P50authorJonathan WellsQ47709968
P2093author name stringJonathan C K Wells
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P433issue2
P921main subjectanthropometryQ6656244
P304page(s)169-186
P577publication date2011-12-30
P1433published inAmerican Journal of Biological AnthropologyQ4744260
P1476titleEcogeographical associations between climate and human body composition: analyses based on anthropometry and skinfolds
P478volume147

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