Determination of sex from adult human ribs

Journal of the Canadian Society of Forensic Science

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 221-231

  Dupras, T L ^a   Pfeiffer, S K ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; RIB; SEX DETERMINATION; SKELETON;

EID: 0030485056     PISSN: 00085030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00085030.1996.10757065     Document Type: Article

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