Skeletal estimation and identification in American and East European populations

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 524-532

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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

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

Author keywords

Age at death; Balkans; Forensic science; Human rights; Identification; Population variation; Sex estimation; Stature; Transitional justice

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANTHROPOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COURT; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; EASTERN EUROPE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; YUGOSLAVIA;

AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; BAYES THEOREM; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; FORENSIC DENTISTRY; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES; HUMANS; MALE; SEX DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; UNITED STATES; WAR CRIMES;

EID: 43449118709     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00708.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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