Technical note: A blind test of mandibular ramus flexure as a morphologic indicator of sexual dimorphism in the human skeleton

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 363-366

  Donnelly, Steven M ^a   Hens, Samantha M ^b   Rogers, Nikki L ^b   Schneider, Kennan L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blind test; Interobserver reliability; Sex assessment; Skeletal biology

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MANDIBLE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETON;

EID: 0031731643     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199811)107:3<363::AID-AJPA11>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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