 Anthropometry
"Anthropometry" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The technique that deals with the measurement of the size, weight, and proportions of the human or other primate body.
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D000886
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.024 E05.041 N06.850.505.200.100
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Anthropometry" by people in this website by year, and whether "Anthropometry" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1988 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1992 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Anthropometry" by people in Profiles.
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Lin MJ, Liu EM. Does in utero exposure to Illness matter? The 1918 influenza epidemic in Taiwan as a natural experiment. J Health Econ. 2014 Sep; 37:152-63.
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Lee RE, Mama SK, Medina AV, Reese-Smith JY, Banda JA, Layne CS, Baxter M, O'Connor DP, McNeill L, Estabrooks PA. Multiple measures of physical activity, dietary habits and weight status in African American and Hispanic or Latina women. J Community Health. 2011 Dec; 36(6):1011-23.
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Lopez Y, O'Connor DP, Ledoux TA, Lee RE. Analysis of body composition methods in a community sample of African American women. Women Health. 2011 Nov 30; 51(8):709-23.
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Jackson AS, Ellis KJ, McFarlin BK, Sailors MH, Bray MS. Body mass index bias in defining obesity of diverse young adults: the Training Intervention and Genetics of Exercise Response (TIGER) study. Br J Nutr. 2009 Oct; 102(7):1084-90.
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Henriksson JT, McDermott AM, Bergmanson JP. Dimensions and morphology of the cornea in three strains of mice. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2009 Aug; 50(8):3648-54.
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Businelle MS, Kendzor DE, Costello TJ, Cofta-Woerpel L, Li Y, Mazas CA, Vidrine JI, Reitzel LR, Cinciripini PM, Ahluwalia JS, Wetter DW. Light versus heavy smoking among African American men and women. Addict Behav. 2009 Feb; 34(2):197-203.
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Suminski RR, Robertson RJ, Goss FL, Olvera N. Validation of the Omni Scale of Perceived Exertion in a sample of Spanish-speaking youth from the USA. Percept Mot Skills. 2008 Aug; 107(1):181-8.
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Simpson RJ, Gray SC, Florida-James GD. Physiological variables and performance markers of serving soldiers from two "elite" units of the British Army. J Sports Sci. 2006 Jun; 24(6):597-604.
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Olvera N, Suminski R, Power TG. Intergenerational perceptions of body image in hispanics: role of BMI, gender, and acculturation. Obes Res. 2005 Nov; 13(11):1970-9.
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Kurtz D, Manny R, Hussein M. Variability of the ocular component measurements in children using A-scan ultrasonography. Optom Vis Sci. 2004 Jan; 81(1):35-43.
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