Morphometrics of the hyoid bone for human sex determination from digital photographs

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 979-984

  Kim, Deog Im ^a   Lee, U Young ^a   Park, Dae Kyoon ^b   Kim, Yi Suk ^c   Han, Ki Hwan ^d   Kim, Kwang Hoon ^e   Han, Seung Ho ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^c Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e National Institute of Scientific Investigation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Forensic science; Hyoid bone; Korean; Morphometrics; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYOID BONE; KOREA; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SKELETON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; HYOID BONE; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33749000011     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00223.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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