Why do we fail in aging the skull from the sagittal suture?

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 393-399

  Hershkovitz, Israel ^a,c   Latimer, Bruce ^a,b   Dutour, Olivier ^d   Jellema, Lyman M ^a   Wish Baratz, Susanne ^c   Rothschild, Christine ^e   Rothschild, Bruce M ^e  

^a CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e ARTHRITIS CENTER OF NORTHEAST OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cranium; Sutures; Synostosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEROSTOSIS; MALE; OSSIFICATION; SKULL SUTURE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGED; CRANIAL SUTURES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS FRONTALIS INTERNA; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKULL; STATISTICS; SYNOSTOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030749621     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199707)103:3<393::AID-AJPA8>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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