Distribution of hair on the dorsum of the phalanges of the hand in a Chinese population from Malaysia.

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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

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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 femal...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
China
Ethnicity
Female
Fingers
Genetics, Population
Hair
Humans
Malaysia
Male
Middle Aged
Phenotype
Sampling Studies
Sex Factors

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