Similarities in anthropometrical traits of children and their parents in a Bulgarian population

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 517-525

  Nikolova, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

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Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; EAR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEAD; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE; PARENT; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

EID: 0030454327     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1996.tb01618.x     Document Type: Article

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