Brief communication: Sex determination accuracy of the minimum supero-inferior femoral neck diameter in a contemporary rural Guatemalan population

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-126

  Ríos Frutos, Luis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Growth plasticity; Osteometry; Population variability; Sex estimation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DETERMINATION; STRESS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; FEMUR; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFERENCE VALUES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS);

EID: 0141458137     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10227     Document Type: Article

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