Estimating the length of incomplete long bones: Forensic standards from Guatemala

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-251

  Wright, Lori E ^a   Vásquez, Mario A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Forensic anthropology; Long bone fragments; Maya; Regression; Stature

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FEMUR; FIBULA; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; HUMERUS; LEG LENGTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKELETON; STANDARD; TIBIA;

ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; LEG BONES; MALE;

EID: 0037417022     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10119     Document Type: Article

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