Skeletal age determination of the symphysis pubis for forensic purposes: Analysis of an Iraqi series

Mankind Quarterly

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 345-351

  Al Salihi, Anam R ^a   Al Azawi, Emad H ^a   Jaffar, Akram A ^a   Bakr, Faiq A ^b  

^a Al Nahrain University College of Medicine   (Iraq)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Estimating skeletal age; Forensic anthropology; Male female differences; Symphysis pubis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039486503     PISSN: 00252344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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