Comparability of Gestational Age Values Derived from Diaphyseal Length and Foot Length from Known Forensic Foetal Remains

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 42-51

  Huxley, Angie Kay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FOOT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; UNITED STATES;

ABORTION, LEGAL; ARIZONA; DIAPHYSES; FEMALE; FETUS; FOOT; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031609507     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580249803800107     Document Type: Article

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