Sex determination from femoral head measurements: A new approach

Legal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Purkait, Ruma ^a  

^a DR H S GOUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anatomical position; Discriminant function analysis; Femur; Forensic anthropology; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PREDICTION; RACE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037739801     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1344-6223(02)00169-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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