Sex allocation from long bone measurements using logistic regression

Journal of the Canadian Society of Forensic Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 49-60

  Saunders, S R ^a   Hoppa, R D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT; LONG BONE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0030967461     PISSN: 00085030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00085030.1997.10757086     Document Type: Article

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