Sexual dimorphism in the humerus: A comparative analysis of Chinese, Japanese and Thais

Forensic Science International

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 17-29

  Işcan, M Yaşar ^a   Loth, Susan R ^b   King, Christopher A ^c   Shihai, Ding ^d   Yoshino, Mineo ^e  

^a University of Pretoria ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POLICE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

China, Japan, Thailand, Asia; Discriminant function analysis; Human identification; Humerus; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS; JAPAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; THAILAND;

EID: 0032583221     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(98)00119-4     Document Type: Article

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