The CIAS Laboratory of Human Biology (LHB) is a well-equipped laboratory for the research that is done in the group of Human Biology, Health and Society, namely: anthropometric and body composition evaluations, objective physical activity evaluation and the evaluation of the environmental resources through the Geographic Information System (GIS).
Director: Cristina Padez (cpadez@antrop.uc.pt)
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Available equipment
- 20 SECA scales
- 20 SECA Portable stadiometer
- 10 Skinfold Caliper
- 20 SECA tapes
- 30 Accelerometers
- 2 Blood Pressure Monitors
- 4 GPS