title: [Significance of somatometric analysis in medical research].
abstract: The literature data are presented on body weight and height changes in different population groups. Somatometria (particularly that of growing body allows one to determine the effect of each individual factor. Constitutional predisposition to certain diseases is conditioned by "the somatotype endocrinologic formula".
authors: Medical Institute, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
authors: G I
authors: GI
authors: Gubina-Vakulik
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research; D013008:Somatotypes
vernacular_title: Znachenie somatometricheskogo analiza v meditsinskikh issledovaniiakh.