Estimation of age-at-death for adult males using the acetabulum, applied to four Western European populations

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 774-778

  Rissech, Carme ^a,b   Estabrook, George F ^c   Cunha, Eugenia ^a   Malgosa, Assumpció ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetabulum; Adult age estimation; Aging; Bayesian inference; Forensic science; Human identification

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACETABULUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; BAYES THEOREM; CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME OF DEATH; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACETABULUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BAYES THEOREM; EUROPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34250379093     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00486.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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