Comparison of cervicovertebral dimensions in Australian Aborigines and Caucasians

European Journal of Orthodontics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-135

  Grave, Benjamin ^a   Brown, Tasman ^a   Townsend, Grant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CEPHALOMETRY; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACIAL BONE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MANDIBLE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKULL BASE; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; AUSTRALIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEPHALOMETRY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MANDIBLE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKULL BASE; VERTICAL DIMENSION;

EID: 0033113726     PISSN: 01415387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejo/21.2.127     Document Type: Article

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