Technical note: Regression analysis in adult age estimation

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 259-265

  Aykroyd, R G ^a   Lucy, D ^b   Pollard, A M ^b   Solheim, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Classical calibration; Inverse calibration; Regression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; CALIBRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ERROR; HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARCHAEOLOGY; CALIBRATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PALEOPATHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030707478     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199710)104:2<259::AID-AJPA11>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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