Size and location of the human temporomandibular joint

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 387-400

  Wish Baratz, Susanne ^a,b,e   Hershkovitz, Israel ^b,c   Arensburg, Baruch ^b   Latimer, Bruce ^c,d   Jellema, Lyman M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cranial base; Morphometrics; TMJ

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; POSITION; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT;

AFRICA; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENTITION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT;

EID: 0029907763     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199611)101:3<387::AID-AJPA7>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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