Brief communication: A test and correction of the clavicle method of Stout and Paine for histological age estimation of skeletal remains

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 139-142

  Stout, Sam D ^a   Porro, Marcello A ^b   Perotti, Beatrice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clavicle; Cortical Bone; Histomorphometry; Osteology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE AGE; CLAVICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; SKELETON; SWITZERLAND;

AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; CLAVICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0029983380     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199605)100:1<139::AID-AJPA12>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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