Osteometric variation in the humerus: Sexual dimorphism in South Africans

Forensic Science International

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 77-85

  Steyn, Maryna ^a   Işcan, M Yaşar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biological anthropology; Discriminant function analysis; Human identification; Humerus; Sex determination; South African blacks and whites

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMERUS; MALE; OSTEOMETRY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; TIBIA;

EID: 0345201629     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(99)00141-3     Document Type: Article

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