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Title

Anthropometry : the individual and the population / edited by S.J. Ulijaszek and C.G.N. Mascie-Taylor.

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.

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Additional Authors

• Ulijaszek, Stanley J.
• Mascie-Taylor, C. G. N.

Description

xiii, 213 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

• Anthropometry is the measurement of human morphology and is used in a wide range of applied and research contexts. In this volume, distinguished contributors including anthropologists, human biologists, physiologists, nutritionists and clinical scientists describe many of the ways in which anthropometry is used, and discuss problems associated with different methods of assessment.
• Topics include the measurement of growth asymmetry and variability in adult body size, measurement error and statistical issues in anthropometry and the construction and use of growth charts in growth monitoring. In addition, the use of anthropometry in assessments of body composition, physical performance and fitness is discussed
• . This book will be of interest to graduates and researchers in human biology, anthropology and nutrition. It will also be useful to workers in sports medicine, ergonomics, orthopaedics and paediatrics.

Series Statement

Cambridge studies in biological anthropology ; 14

Uniform Title

Cambridge studies in biological anthropology ; 14.

Subject

• Anthropometry
• Human growth
• Anthropometry > Methodology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-210) and index.

Contents

1. The place of anthropometry in human biology / G.W. Lasker -- 2. Asymmetry and growth / Peter H. Dangerfield -- 3. Intra- and inter-observer error in anthropometric measurement / Stanley J. Ulijaszek and John A. Lourie -- 4. Statistical issues in anthropometry / C.G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor -- 5. Statistical constructs of human growth: new growth charts for old / T.J. Cole -- 6. Growth monitoring and growth cyclicities in developed countries / Stanley J. Ulijaszek -- 7. Growth monitoring, screening and surveillance in developing countries / Andrew Tomkins -- 8. Variability in adult body size: uses in defining the limits of human survival / C.J.K. Henry -- 9. Anthropometry and body composition / Peter S.W. Davies -- 10. Anthropometry and physical performance / N.G. Norgan -- 11. Anthropometry, strength and motor fitness / Robert M. Malina -- 12. Anthropometry in the US armed forces / Claire C. Gordon and Karl E. Friedl.

ISBN

0521417988 (hardback)

LCCN

93007332

OCLC

ocm27811647

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries