Demographic change and forensic identification: Problems in metric identification of hispanic skeletons

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-28

  Spradley, M Katherine ^a,c   Jantz, Richard L ^a   Robinson, Alan ^b   Peccerelli, Fredy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Fundación de Antropología Forense de Guatémala FAFG   (Guatemala)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestry; Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Hispanic; Sex; Stature

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SKELETON; SKULL; UNITED STATES;

BODY HEIGHT; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION BY SKELETON;

EID: 39049097180     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00614.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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