Estimation of height from the length of long bones in a Portuguese adult population

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-48

  De Mendonca M C ^a,b  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA LEGAL E CIÊNCIAS FORENSES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Forensic anthropology; Human skeletal remains; Stature determination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMERUS; LEG LENGTHENING; MALE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PORTUGAL;

EID: 0034049271     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8644(200005)112:1<39::aid-ajpa5>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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