Age estimation in children by measurement of open apices in teeth

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-53

  Cameriere, Roberto ^a   Ferrante, Luigi ^b   Cingolani, Mariano ^a  

^a Institute of Legal Medicine   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forensic age estimation; Mineralization; Multiple regression; Open apices

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENDER; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; TOOTH; TOOTH ROOT CANAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC DENTISTRY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOOTH APEX;

EID: 29244457841     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-005-0047-9     Document Type: Article

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