Three-dimensional facial asymmetry in attractive and normal people from childhood to young adulthood

Symmetry

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1925-1944

  Sforza, Chiarella ^a   Laino, Alberto ^b   Grandi, Gaia ^a   Pisoni, Luca ^a   Ferrario, Virgilio Ferruccio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Face; Symmetry; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858790406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20738994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/sym2041925     Document Type: Article

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