Is there a gender difference in fingerprint ridge density?

Forensic Science International

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-44

  Acree, Mark A ^a  

^a FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION   (United States)

Author keywords

ANOVA; Bayes' theorem; Epidermal ridge density; Fingerprints; Gender difference; Likelihood ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033038168     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(99)00037-7     Document Type: Article

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