Osteometric sorting of commingled human remains

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 717-724

  Byrd, John E ^a   Adams, Bradley J ^b  

^a US Army CILHI ^*  (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

CILHI; Commingling; Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Human osteology; Osteometric sorting; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OSTEOMETRY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKELETON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0038725957     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2002189     Document Type: Article

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