Radiographic staging of ossification of the medial clavicular epiphysis

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-58

  Schulz, Ronald ^a   Mühler, Matthias ^b   Reisinger, Walter ^b   Schmidt, Sven ^b   Schmeling, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clavicle; Computed tomography; Conventional radiography; Forensic age estimation; Ossification

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CLAVICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRIME; EPIPHYSIS; FORENSIC SCIENCE; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; CLAVICLE; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; GROWTH PLATE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOGENESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37249076473     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-007-0210-6     Document Type: Article

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