Citation

van Cott HP. Proc. Hum. Factors Ergon. Soc. Annu. Meet. 1980; 24(1): 34-36.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1980, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/107118138002400109

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A brief history of the development of anthropometric data bases is described in summary form, including folk norms and early anthropometric surveys, military anthropometric surveys, comprehensive and specialized U.S. civilian surveys, civilian surveys in other nations, and recent proposed research at the National Bureau of Standards (NBS). Discussion and important references are provided for those interested readers/users who are new to the field of anthropometry.

Language: en