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Some anthropometric measurements in South Indian School boys

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Anthropometric measurements comprising height, weight, sitting height, arm span, horizontal, vertical and circumferential chest dimensions, taken in 255 school boys from a lower middle class urban population were statistically analysed. The data have been tabulated, and the interrelationships between the various measurements examined and discussed.

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    H. D. Singh & K. Meenakshi

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From the Department of Physiology, Kilpauk Medical College, Madras—10.

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Singh, H.D., Meenakshi, K. Some anthropometric measurements in South Indian School boys. Indian J Pediatr 36, 205–212 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02756642

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