Estimating stature from tibia length: A comparison of methods

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 708-712

  Pelin, I Can ^a   Duyar, Izzet ^b  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Stature estimation; Tibia length; Turkish population

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG LENGTH; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; TIBIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0038049393     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2002228     Document Type: Conference Paper

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