title: [Methodologic problems in the measurement of somatometric characteristics].
abstract: With respect to difficult research conditions the problems of taking biologically relevant somatometric measurements for the determination of habitus variants are discussed. Under consideration of these difficulties several somatometric characters are selected by comparing the correlations based on the data of two series measured by the authors and three series taken from literature. However, attention is drawn to the fact that no complete characterization of habitus variants will result by means of these few measurements but yet some important relevant criteria.
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry / Q000379:methods*; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002508:Cephalometry; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D012885:Skinfold Thickness
vernacular_title: Methodologisch Uberlegungen zur Erfassung somatometrischer Merkmale.