Determination of sex from the femur in Anatolian Caucasians: A digital radiological study

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 190-194

  Harma, Ahmet ^a   Karakas, Hakki Muammer ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatolian Caucasian; Computed tomography; Femur; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DETERMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FEMUR; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TURKEY;

EID: 34047263991     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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