Age estimation of Malawian adults from dental radiographs

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 329-333

  Igbigbi, P S ^a   Nyirenda, Saulos K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Dental radiographs; Malawians; Teeth

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MALAWI; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; PREMOLAR TOOTH; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DENTAL DEPOSITS; DENTAL PHYSIOLOGY; DENTAL PULP; FEMALE; FORENSIC DENTISTRY; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 31744447228     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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