Sex and side differences in relative thumb length [1]

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 326-327

  Voracek, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ALLELE; AMNION FLUID; ANTHROPOLOGY; BRAIN; COGNITION; FERTILITY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENETICS; HAND FOOT SYNDROME; HAND SURGERY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; LETTER; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; THUMB;

ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 32444431764     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2005.10.008     Document Type: Letter

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