Use of diagonal teeth measurements in predicting gender in a turkish population

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 630-635

  Karaman, Feryal ^a,b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dental sizes; Forensic odontology; Forensic science; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; ODONTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SEX DETERMINATION; TOOTH; TOOTH FILLING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC DENTISTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOOTH;

EID: 33646744722     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00133.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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