Endocranial traits. Prevalence and distribution in a recent human population

European Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-33

  Bruner, E ^a   Averini, M ^b   Manzi, G ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cranial base angle; Cranial morphology; Discrete traits; Endocranium

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DURA MATER; GENDER; GENETIC TRAIT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; MENINX; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SKULL; SKULL BASE; SPINAL ARACHNOID;

EID: 0041701526     PISSN: 11364890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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