Problems in the aging of skeletal juveniles: Perspectives from maturation assessments of living children

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 345-355

  Lampl, Michelle ^a   Johnston, Francis E ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Human evolution; Paleodemography; Skeletal biology; Skeletal growth and maturation

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DENTITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATURATION; MEXICO;

AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO;

EID: 0029859344     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199611)101:3<345::AID-AJPA4>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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