Does sexual dimorphism in facial soft tissue depths justify sex distinction in craniofacial identification?

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 513-518

  Stephan, Carl N ^a   Norris, Rachel M ^a   Henneberg, Maciej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Facial approximation; Forensic science; Soft tissue thickness; Superimposition; Variance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; FACE; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOFT TISSUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 18244396113     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2004251     Document Type: Article

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