A method to establish the relationship between chronological age and stage of union from radiographic assessment of epiphyseal fusion at the knee: An Irish population study

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 198-209

  O'Connor, Jean E ^a   Bogue, C ^b   Spence, L D ^b   Last, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Biological anthropology; Epiphysis; Femur; Fibula; Forensic science; Fusion; Radiographs; Skeletal maturation; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; BONE MATURATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIPHYSIS PLATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRELAND; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; KNEE; KNEE JOINT; MALE;

EID: 38849106757     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00847.x     Document Type: Article

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