Metric assessment of the "mastoid triangle" for sex determination: A validation study

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 985-989

  Kemkes, Ariane ^a,b   Göbel, Tanja ^b  

^a Tholius Institute   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Craniometry; Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Mastoid triangle; Skeletal sex determination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MASTOID; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL;

ADULT; CEPHALOMETRY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; METRIC SYSTEM; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 33749018815     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00232.x     Document Type: Article

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