Anogenital distance in human male and female newborns: A look at a cross section of a Nigerian population

Internet Journal of Biological Anthropology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Orish, C N ^a   Didia, B C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anogenital distance; Anthropometry; Birth weight; Infants; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949699989     PISSN: 19394594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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