Ultrasound studies on the time course of clavicular ossification

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-167

  Schulz, Ronald ^a   Zwiesigk, Per ^b   Schiborr, Manfred ^a   Schmidt, Sven ^c   Schmeling, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Praxis Am Savignyplatz   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clavicle; Forensic age estimation; Ossification; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLAVICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; CHILD; CLAVICLE; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOGENESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 38649119139     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-007-0220-4     Document Type: Article

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