Applicability of the skeletal age determination method of Tanner and Whitehouse for forensic age diagnostics

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 309-314

  Schmidt, Sven ^a   Nitz, Inna ^c   Schulz, Ronald ^b   Schmeling, Andreas ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forensic age estimation; Skeletal age; TW2; TW3

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; CHILD; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HAND BONES; HUMANS; MALE; RADIUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULNA;

EID: 44949100165     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-008-0237-3     Document Type: Article

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