Sutural morphology of the pterion and asterion among adult kenyans

Brazilian Journal for Morphological Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-7

  Mwachaka, P M ^a   Hassanali, J ^a   Odula, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Asterion; Kenyans; Pterion; Sutural bones

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953861685     PISSN: 01029010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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