A morphometric study of the human ear

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-47

  Alexander, K Skaria ^a   Stott, David J ^b   Sivakumar, Branavan ^a   Kang, Norbert ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ear ethnic variation; Ear morphometry; Ear prominence; Ear sex variation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AXIS; CAUCASIAN; EAR; EAR LOBE; ETHNIC GROUP; EXTERNAL EAR; FEMALE; HEAD; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTOID; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; COHORT STUDIES; EAR, EXTERNAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79751527187     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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