Prenatal sex hormones, digit ratio, and face shape in adult males

Orthodontics and Craniofacial Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 21-26

  Weinberg, S M ^a   Parsons, T E ^a   Raffensperger, Z D ^a   Marazita, M L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Digit ratio; Face shape; Geometric morphometrics; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANTHROPOMETRY; CEPHALOMETRY; CHIN; FACE; FINGER; HUMAN; LIP; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; NOSE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNATHIA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMIC LANDMARKS; ANDROGENS; ANTHROPOMETRY; CEPHALOMETRY; CHIN; FACE; FINGERS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIP; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; NOSE; PROGNATHISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920985049     PISSN: 16016335     EISSN: 16016343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ocr.12055     Document Type: Article

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