Analysis of the African American female nose

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 620-626

  Porter, Jennifer Parker ^a,b   Olson, Krista L ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; NEGRO; NOSE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; NOSE; REFERENCE VALUES; RHINOPLASTY;

EID: 0037314418     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000042176.18118.99     Document Type: Article

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