Determination of age at death using combined morphology and histology of the femur

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 463-471

  Thomas, C D L ^a   Stein, M S ^b   Feik, S A ^a   Wark, J D ^b   Clement, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Department of Medicine ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Automated image analysis; Bone

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; CORTICAL BONE; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; POROSITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEATH; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034027370     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2000.19630463.x     Document Type: Article

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