Metric and comparative analysis of sexual dimorphism in the Thai femur

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 954-958

  King, Christopher A ^a   Işcan, M Yaşar ^b   Loth, Susan R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b University of Pretoria ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Discriminant function analysis; Femur; Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Human identification; Physical anthropology; Population variation; Sex determination; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CHINESE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR CONDYLE; FEMUR HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OSTEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETON; THAILAND;

EID: 0031706488     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14340j     Document Type: Article

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