Sacroiliac joint bridging: Simple and reliable criteria for sexing the skeleton

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 480-483

  Dar, Gali ^a,b   Hershkovitz, Israel ^a,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankylosing; Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Sacroiliac joint; Sexing skeleton

Indexed keywords

ANKYLOSIS; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC BONE; OSSIFICATION; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACRUM; SEX DETERMINATION; SKELETON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; ILIUM; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACRUM; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646729703     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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