Analysis of age-at-death estimation through the use of pubic symphyseal data

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 558-568

  Kimmerle, Erin H ^a   Konigsberg, Lyle W ^b   Jantz, Richard L ^c   Baraybar, Jose Pablo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team (EPAF)   (Peru)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Balkans; Bayesian statistics; Forensic science; Pubic symphysis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; BAYES THEOREM; CONFERENCE PAPER; EASTERN EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; RELIABILITY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; YUGOSLAVIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BAYES THEOREM; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43449101903     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00711.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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