Morphological variation in cervical spinous processes: Potential applications in the forensic identification of race from the skeleton

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 937-944

  Duray, Stephen M ^a   Morter, Harvey B ^a   Smith, Forrest J ^b  

^a PALMER COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United States)

^b Wayne College   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestry; Cervical vertebrae; Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Human variation; Nonmetric traits; Race; Racial classification; Spinous processes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKELETON;

EID: 0032850816     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs12020j     Document Type: Article

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