Estimation of age from epiphyseal union at the wrist and ankle joints in the capital city of India

Forensic Science International

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 31-39

  Banerjee, K K ^a   Agarwal, B B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Age; Radiology; Wrist joint and ankle joint

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; WRIST; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032583223     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(98)00134-0     Document Type: Article

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