Effect of ethnicity and sex on the growth of the axial and appendicular skeleton of children living in a developing country
β Scribed by Lukhanyo H. Nyati; Shane A. Norris; Noel Cameron; John M. Pettifor
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 98 KB
- Volume
- 130
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9483
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