Sex determination from the ribs of contemporary Turks

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 273-276

  Çöloǧlu, A Sedat ^a   Işcan, M Yaşar ^b   Yavuz, M Fatih ^a   Sari, Hüseyin ^c  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Cncl of Forensic Medicine of Turkey ^*  (United States)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Discriminant function; Forensic science; Osteometry; Ribs; Sex determination; Turks

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OSTEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB; SEX DETERMINATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0031944044     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs16132j     Document Type: Article

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