Sex determination by discriminant function analysis of the right tibia in the prehispanic population of the Canary Islands

Forensic Science International

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 165-172

  Gonzalez Reimers E ^a   Velasco Vazquez J ^b   Arnay De La Rosa, M ^b   Santolaria Fernandez F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b Univ L   (Spain)

Author keywords

Human identification; Physical anthropology; Sexing long bones

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG BONE; MALE; OSTEOMETRY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SKELETON; SPAIN; TIBIA;

EID: 0343049209     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(99)00205-4     Document Type: Article

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