Mandibular morphology as an indicator of human subadult age: Interlandmark approaches

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1015-1019

  Franklin, Daniel ^a   Cardini, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age assessment; Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Mandible; Morphological variation; Subadult

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTITION; HUMAN; MANDIBLE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MANDIBLE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34548304975     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00522.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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