On the non-equivalence of documented cadaver lengths to living stature estimates based on Fully's method on bones in the Raymond A. Dart Collection

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 501-506

  Bidmos, Mubarak Ariyo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Documented cadaver lengths; Forensic science; Fully's method; Raymond Dart Collection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE; CADAVER; CALCULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKELETON;

EID: 18244366627     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2004157     Document Type: Article

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