Sex determination from the sternal end of the rib by osteometric analysis

Legal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 100-104

  Koçak, Aytaç ^a   Aktas, Ekin Özgür ^a   Ertürk, Süheyla ^a   Aktas, Safiye ^b   Yemisçigil, Ali ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Behcet Uz Children's Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Discriminant function; Forensic science; Sex determination; Sternal end of rib; Turkish population

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY HEIGHT; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OSTEOMETRY; RACE; RIB; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETON; STERNUM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 10744225282     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1344-6223(03)00045-2     Document Type: Article

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