Analysis of mandibular variability in humans of different geographic areas

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 188, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 547-554

  Puisoru M ^a   Forna, N ^a   Fatu A M ^a   Fatu R ^a   Fatu C ^a  

^a GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Condyle; Gonion; Mandible; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIA; BODY HEIGHT; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBLE CONDYLE; MIDDLE EAST; MORPHOMETRICS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33750196088     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2006.05.015     Document Type: Article

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