Assessment of skeletal maturity of the hand-wrist and knee: A comparison among methods

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 610-615

  Aicardi, Giorgio ^a   Vignolo, Marina ^a   Milani, Silvano ^b   Naselli, Arturo ^a   Magliano, Paolo ^a   Garzia, Patrizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

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