Assessment of age at death by microscopy: Unbiased quantification of secondary osteons in femoral cross sections

Forensic Science International

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Lynnerup, Niels ^a   Frohlich, Bruno ^b   Thomsen, Jørgen L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age at death; Bone microscopy; Bone remodelling; Osteon; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOLOGY;

EID: 33646886397     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.02.023     Document Type: Article

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