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Somatotype

Known as: Body Builds, Build, Body, Somatotypes 
Particular categories of body build, determined on the basis of certain physical characteristics. The three basic body types are ectomorph (thin… 
National Institutes of Health

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Assessment of body buildPersonalityPhenotypephysiological aspects

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Body Constitution

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EctomorphEndomorphMesomorph

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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
The accuracy of WinSmash delta-V estimates: the influence of vehicle type, stiffness, and impact mode.
The objective of this paper is to investigate the accuracy of WinSmash delta-V estimates as a function of crash mode, vehicle… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Trehalose 6,6′-Dimycolate (Cord Factor) ofMycobacterium tuberculosis Induces Foreign-Body- and Hypersensitivity-Type Granulomas in Mice
ABSTRACT Granulomatous inflammation is characterized morphologically by a compact organized collection of macrophages and their… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Determinants of Bone Loss in Elderly Men and Women: A Prospective Population-Based Study
Abstract: While several studies have described the rate and pattern of involutional bone loss in women, far less information is… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Effects of mitochondrial uncouplers on intracellular calcium, pH and membrane potential in rat carotid body type I cells
1 Mitochondrial uncouplers are potent stimulants of the carotid body. We have therefore investigated their effects upon isolated… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Synapse Formation and Hypoxic Signalling in Co‐Cultures of Rat Petrosal Neurones and Carotid Body Type 1 Cells
1 To investigate synaptic mechanisms mediating chemosensory signalling in the carotid body, we developed co‐cultures of… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
The relative contribution of body fat and fat pattern to blood pressure level.
Although the association between body weight and blood pressure is irrefutable, body fat mass and blood pressure level may not… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
HEMOGLOBIN UPTAKE BY RAT HEPATOCYTES AND ITS BREAKDOWN WITHIN LYSOSOMES
The peroxidatic activity of hemoglobin permitted visualization of its uptake by rat hepatocytes by means of the Graham-Karnovsky… 
Highly Cited
1946
Highly Cited
1946
The thickness of the skin and subcutaneous tissue by age and sex in childhood.
Highly Cited
1941
Highly Cited
1941
Physical fitness in terms of physique, development and basal metabolism with a guide to individual progress from infancy to maturity: a new method for evaluation.
A new method for evaluating physical fitness, based on the use of a grid to aid in this purpose, is described in the present… 
Highly Cited
1938
Highly Cited
1938
LIQUEFYING NODULAR PANNICULITIS: REPORT OF A CASE
Circumscribed or nodular inflammatory diseases of the subcutaneous fatty tissue have not been the subject of a great deal of… 
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