Estimation of age from the femur of Japanese cadavers

Acta Anatomica Nipponica

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-41

  Watanabe, Yutaka ^a   Konishi, Masayoshi ^a   Shimada, Masahisa ^a   Tsuji, Hiroko ^a   Nishio, Hajime ^a   Suzuki, Koichi ^a   Iwamoto, Sotaro ^b  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Compact bone; Femur; Histomorphometry; Osteon

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMUR; HAVERSIAN CANAL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CADAVER; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HAVERSIAN SYSTEM; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33747292557     PISSN: 00227722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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