Position of the mental foramen in adult Black Zimbabwean mandibles: A clinical anatomical study

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 24-30

  Mbajiorgu, E F ^a   Mawera, G ^a   Asala, S A ^a   Zivanovic, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; NEGRO; REFERENCE VALUE; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; REFERENCE VALUES; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0031993216     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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