The sub-pubic angle in adult indigenous Malawian subjects

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 643-648

  Msamati, B C ^a   Igbigbi, P S ^a   Manda, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PELVIMETRY; PELVIS; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIMETRY; PELVIS;

EID: 33644603803     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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