Secular changes in the Japanese head form viewed from somatometric data

Anthropological Science

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-52

  Kouchi, Makiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachycephalization; Environmental factors; Growth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASIAN; CEPHALOMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GROWTH; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUTRITION; SKULL DEVELOPMENT; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3042793426     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.00071     Document Type: Conference Paper

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