A visual method of determining the sex of skeletal remains using the distal humerus

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-60

  Rogers, Tracy L ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carrying angle; Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Humerus; Physical anthropology; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS; MALE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032923845     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14411j     Document Type: Article

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