Comparison of facial proportions and anthropometric norms among Turkish young adults with different face types

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 234-242

  Gündüz Arslan, Seher ^a   Genç, Celal ^a   Odabaş, Bahadir ^a   Devecioǧlu Kama, Jalen ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Europrosope; Facial anthropometric norms; Facial norms; Facial structure; Leptoprosope; Mesoprosope

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE ASYMMETRY; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CULTURE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 40149110957     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-007-9049-y     Document Type: Article

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