Morphometric criteria for sexing juvenile human skeletons using the ilium

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 269-278

  Wilson, Laura A ^a,c   MacLeod, Norman ^b   Humphrey, Louise T ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Geometric morphometrics; Ilium; Juvenile osteology; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETON;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; ILIUM; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX DETERMINATION BY SKELETON;

EID: 41149113037     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00656.x     Document Type: Article

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