Sexual dimorphism in the foramen magnum dimensions;Dimorfismo sexual en las dimensiones del foramen magno

International Journal of Morphology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-23

  Suazo Galdames, Iván Claudio ^a,b   Perez Russo, Priscilla ^b   Zavando Matamala, Daniela Alejandra ^b   Smith, Ricardo Luiz ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthropometrics; Determination of sex; Fischer discriminant function; Foramen magnum; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249160989     PISSN: 07179367     EISSN: 07179502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0717-95022009000100003     Document Type: Article

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