Anthropometry of the normal human auricle: A study of adult Indian men

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 372-379

  Purkait, Ruma ^a   Singh, Priyanka ^a  

^a DR H S GOUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Cross sectional study; Indian males; Normal human auricle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHEEK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; EXTERNAL EAR; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CEPHALOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EAR, EXTERNAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 34447309084     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-006-0231-4     Document Type: Article

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