Craniometric determination of population affinity in South Africans

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 91-97

  Işcan, M Yaşar ^a   Steyn, M ^b  

^a University of Pretoria ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Discriminant function; Human identification; Mandible; Race; Skull; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CRANIOMETRY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MANDIBLE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SKULL; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CEPHALOMETRY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKULL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0342969505     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004140050208     Document Type: Article

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