Sexual dimorphism in the femoral head-a new approach

Journal of the Canadian Society of Forensic Science

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 209-221

  Purkait, R ^a  

^a DR H S GOUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METRIC SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT;

EID: 0036976313     PISSN: 00085030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00085030.2002.10757548     Document Type: Article

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