Age estimation in children by measurement of open apices in teeth: A European formula

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 449-453

  Cameriere, Roberto ^a   De Angelis, Danilo ^b   Ferrante, Luigi ^c   Scarpino, Francesco ^a   Cingolani, Mariano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Forensic science; Mineralization; Multiple regression; Open apices

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROATIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; KOSOVO; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLOVENIA; SPAIN; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; TOOTH APEX;

EID: 35348914344     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-007-0179-1     Document Type: Article

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