The utility of carpals for sex assessment: A preliminary study

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 252-262

  Sulzmann, C E ^a   Buckberry, Jo L ^a   Pastor, R F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpals; Christ Church Spitalfields; Discriminant functions; Metrical sexing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CAPITATE BONE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HAMATE BONE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION CENTER; LUNATE BONE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PISIFORM BONE; RADIUS; RELIABILITY; SCAPHOID BONE; STUDENT T TEST; TRAPEZIUM BONE; TRAPEZOID BONE; TRIQUETRUM BONE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

CARPAL BONES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION BY SKELETON;

EID: 39049096838     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20738     Document Type: Article

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