Estimation of stature from cranial sutures in a South Indian male population
β Scribed by P. P. Jagadish Rao; Jagadish Sowmya; K. Yoganarasimha; Ritesh G. Menezes; Tanuj Kanchan; R. Aswinidutt
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- German
- Weight
- 115 KB
- Volume
- 123
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0937-9827
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