Evaluation of seven methods of estimating age at death from mature human skeletal remains

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 931-936

  Baccino, Eric ^a,d   Ubelaker, Douglas H ^b   Hayek, Lee Ann C ^b   Zerilli, A ^c  

^a MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Comparison; Forensic science; Skeletal age estimation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKELETON;

EID: 0032844104     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs12019j     Document Type: Article

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