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Anthropometry of the head and face

1994; Linguagem: Inglês

Leslie G. Farkas,

Medical and Biological Sciences

The second edition of this reference provides an update on the best methods for the measurement of the surfaces of the head and neck. The newest techniques are explained and the latest normative data on age-related changes in measurements (i.e., population norms) are completely examined in nearly 20 chapters and six appendices. Topics covered include sources of error in anthropometry and anthroposcopy; age-related changes in selected measurements of the craniofacial complex; anthropometry of minor defects in the craniofacial complex; anthropometry in craniomaxillofacial surgery, genetics, and aesthetic surgery of the nose; and anthropometry of the attractive face. Other chapters discuss the reconstruction of a photograph of a missing child, medical photography in clinical practice, interpolation of growth curves, racial and ethnic morphometric differences in the craniofacial complex, and basic statistical methods in clinical research. Complementing the text throughout are detailed illustrations and highly informative tables.