Secular change of craniofacial measures in Croatian younger adults

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 668-675

  Buretić Tomljanović, Alena ^a   Ostojić, Saša ^a   Kapović, Miljenko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; CROATIA; FACE; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL; TREND STUDY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CROATIA; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SKULL;

EID: 33748751007     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20536     Document Type: Article

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