Variables affecting the probability of complete fusion of the medial clavicular epiphysis

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 463-468

  Meijerman, Lynn ^a   Maat, George J R ^b   Schulz, Ronald ^c   Schmeling, Andreas ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS FORENSIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Clavicle; Epiphyseal fusion; Medial epiphysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MATURATION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLAVICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIPHYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CLAVICLE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EPIPHYSES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35348840258     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-007-0189-z     Document Type: Article

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