Brachycephalization in Japan has ceased

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 339-347

  Kouchi, Makiko ^a  

^a NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Debrachycephalization; Facial flatness; Height; Secular change

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BRACHYCEPHALY; FACIES; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONGOLOID RACE; NUTRITION;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; NATURE; PARENTING; SKULL;

EID: 0033932579     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-8644(200007)112:3<339::AID-AJPA5>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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