Scoring system for estimating age in the foot skeleton

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 385-392

  Whitaker, Jeffrey M ^a   Rousseau, Leslie ^b   Williams, Trevor ^c   Rowan, Reed A ^d   Hartwig, Walter Carl ^e  

^a WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Jerry L Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center   (United States)

^d California College of Podiatric Medicine   (United States)

^e Touro University California   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcaneus; Growth; Maturation; Ossification

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BONE MATURATION; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; OSSIFICATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OSTEOGENESIS;

EID: 0036321514     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10109     Document Type: Article

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