Sex differences in the length of the organ of Corti in humans

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Miller, James D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANATOMY; COCHLEAS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD DEVIATIONS;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CORTI ORGAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; COCHLEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN OF CORTI; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34047255735     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2710746     Document Type: Article

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