Morphometry of the external ear in our adult population

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-85

  Bozkir, M Gülhal ^a,b   Karakaş, Pinar ^a   Yavuz, Metin ^a   Dere, Fahri ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine ^*

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

External ear; Morphometric measurements

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORTI ORGAN; EAR; EAR LOBE; EXTERNAL EAR; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BEAUTY; EAR, EXTERNAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 32144431747     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-005-6095-1     Document Type: Article

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