Dietary health does affect histological age assessment: An evaluation of the Stout and Paine (1992) age estimation equation using secondary osteons from the rib

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 489-492

  Paine, Robert R ^b   Brenton, Barrett P ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age predication; Forensic science; Malnutrition; Secondary osteons

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AUTOPSY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; HAVERSIAN CANAL; HEALTH STATUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALNUTRITION; NICOTINIC ACID DEFICIENCY; PELLAGRA; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGED; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HAVERSIAN SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PELLAGRA; RIBS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 33646749527     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00118.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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