A morphometric study of the external ear: Age- and sex-related differences

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 647-652

  Brucker, Michael J ^b   Patel, Jagruti ^b   Sullivan, Patrick K ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; EAR LOBE; EXTERNAL EAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PALPEBRAL FISSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0043132179     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000070979.20679.1F     Document Type: Article

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