Evaluation of the Suchey-Brooks method for aging skeletons in the Balkans

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-23

  Djurić, Marija ^a   Djonić, Danijela ^a   Nikolić, Slobodan ^a   Popović, Djordje ^a   Marinković, Jelena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Age assessment; Forensic science; Identification; Pelvis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BONE AGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBIC BONE;

EID: 33845894992     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00333.x     Document Type: Review

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