The role of forensic anthropology in the recovery and analysis of Branch Davidian compound victims: Assessing the accuracy of age estimations

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 796-801

  Houck, Max M ^a   Ubelaker, Douglas ^b   Owsley, Douglas ^b   Craig, Emily ^c   Grant, William ^d   Fram, Robert ^a   Woltanski, Theresa ^d,e   Sandness, Kari ^b  

^a FBI LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c Medical Examiner's Office   (United States)

^d Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam   (United States)

^e Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office   (United States)

Author keywords

age at death estimation; Branch Davidian; Compound; forensic anthropology; forensic science; physical anthropology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0029841795     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14000j     Document Type: Article

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