Sex determination from the talus and calcaneus measurements

Forensic Science International

Volumn 171, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 151-156

  Gualdi Russo, Emanuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcaneus; Discriminant functions; Forensic anthropology; North Italians; Talus

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; CALCULATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETON; TALUS;

EID: 34547795208     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.10.014     Document Type: Article

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