Sexing and stature estimation criteria for Balkan populations

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 601-605

  Jantz, Richard L ^a   Kimmerle, Erin H ^b   Baraybar, Jose Pablo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team (ERAF)   (Peru)

Author keywords

Balkans; Forensic science; Sex estimation; Stature estimation

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROATIA; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR HEAD; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; EUROPE, EASTERN; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMUR; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43449084955     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00716.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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