The external occipital protuberance: Can it be used as a criterion in the determination of sex?

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 513-516

  Gülekon, Ismail Nadir ^a   Turgut, H Basri ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cranium; Dry skull; Forensic science; Lateral cranium radiography; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MALE; OCCIPITAL BONE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SEX DETERMINATION; SKULL;

EID: 0038711034     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2002183     Document Type: Article

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