Adult stature reconstruction from the calcaneus of South Africans of European descent

Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 247-252

  Bidmos, Mubarak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Calcaneus; South Africa; Stature reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE STRUCTURE; CALCANEUS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOT; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG BONE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; CALCANEUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 33744523057     PISSN: 13531131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2005.11.010     Document Type: Article

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