Variation in cortical bone histology within the human femur and its impact on estimating age at death

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-88

  Chan, Andrea H W ^a   Crowder, Christian M ^b   Rogers, Tracy L ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CTR Supporting Defense POW MIA Accounting Agency Partnerships and Innovation Directorate   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Forensic anthropology; Histomorphology; Osteon

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGE DETERMINATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; CORTICAL BONE; DEATH; DIAPHYSIS; FEMUR; FEMUR SHAFT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOMETRICS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; ANTHROPOMETRY; BONE MATRIX; FEMUR; HAVERSIAN SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33845898829     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20465     Document Type: Article

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