Dimensional variation in the proximal ulna: Evaluation of a metric method for sex assessment

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 469-478

  Cowal, Lynne S ^a   Pastor, Robert F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioarchaeology; Discriminant function; Forensic anthropology; Sexual dimorphism; Spitalfields

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EUROPE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULNA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; SEX FACTORS; ULNA;

EID: 40949108793     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20771     Document Type: Article

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