Collo-diaphysial angle of the femur in East African subjects

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 416-419

  Igbigbi, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Collo diaphyseal angle; East Africans; Gender differences; Orthopedics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MALI; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; UGANDA;

EID: 0042510479     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.10148     Document Type: Article

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