Reconstruction of femur length from markers of its proximal end

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 28-33

  Prasad, Rajendra ^a   Vettivel, Selvakumar ^b   Jeyaseelan, L ^b   Isaac, B ^b   Chandi, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAFFNA   (Sri Lanka)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Apical; Axis; Head; Intertrochanteric; Neck; Regression; Shaft

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR SHAFT; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR NECK; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0030052795     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2353(1996)9:1<28::aid-ca6>3.0.co;2-w     Document Type: Article

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