A test of sex determination from measurements of chest radiographs

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 785-790

  Torwalt, Carla R M M ^a,b   Hoppa, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Office of the Chief Medical Examiner   (Canada)

Author keywords

4th rib; Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Logistic regression; Metric; Radiographs; Sex determination; Sternum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STERNUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 21444451802     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2004425     Document Type: Article

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