Growth patterns in the modern human skeleton

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-72

  Humphrey, Louise T ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curve fitting; Sexual dimorphism; Skeletal growth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE GROWTH; CRANIAL NERVE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0031938659     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199801)105:1<57::AID-AJPA6>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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