Skeletal height reconstruction from measurements of the skull in indigenous South Africans

Forensic Science International

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-21

  Ryan, I ^a   Bidmos, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Indigenous South Africans; Skull; Stature reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEGRO; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 33947127697     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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