Estimation of age from the femur of Japanese cadavers

Forensic Science International

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 55-65

  Watanabe, Yutaka ^a   Konishi, Masayoshi ^a   Shimada, Masahisa ^a   Ohara, Hidetsugu ^a   Iwamoto, Sotaro ^b  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Compact bone; Femur; Histomorphometry; Osteon

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032583249     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(98)00136-4     Document Type: Article

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