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Distribution of hair on the dorsum of the phalanges of the hand in a Chinese population from Malaysia.
Anthropologischer Anzeiger; Bericht uber die biologisch-anthropologische Literatur - 1 Dec 1996
Dharap A S, Lim B C, Ong L B
Abstract excerpt
Hair distribution on the dorsum of phalanges of the hand was studied on 302 Chinese subjects (134 males and 168 females) randomly selected from the residents of Kota Bharu, Malaysia. Proximal phalangeal hair was seen on the dorsum of both hands in 99.3% of male subjects but in only 85.1% of female subjects. Chinese females showed a significantly lower (p < 0.05) incidence of proximal phalangeal hair on the hands...
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