Evaluation of Purkait's triangle method for determining sexual dimorphism

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 553-556

  Brown, Robert P ^a,d   Ubelaker, Douglas H ^b   Schanfield, Moses S ^c  

^a US Army Criminal Investigation Command   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d 22nd Military Police Battalion (CID)   (United States)

Author keywords

Femur; Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMUR; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 34247350786     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00423.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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