Metric characteristics of human limb bones in Asian and Japanese populations

Anthropological Science

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-62

  Kudaka, Masatomi ^a   Fukase, Hitoshi ^b   Kimura, Ryosuke ^a   Hanihara, Tsunehiko ^c   Matsumura, Hirofumi ^d   Saso, Aiko ^e   Fukumine, Tadahiko ^a   Ishida, Hajime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asian populations; Human limb bone; Intra limb proportion; Morphological variation; Subtrochanteric shape

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876549511     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.121125     Document Type: Article

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