Intra- and interobserver error of the Greulich-Pyle method as used on a Danish forensic sample

Forensic Science International

Volumn 179, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 242.e1-242.e6

  Lynnerup, N ^a   Belard, E ^a   Buch Olsen, K ^a   Sejrsen, B ^a   Damgaard Pedersen, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aging; Anthropology; Growth; Odontology; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CARPAL BONE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ODONTOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DENMARK; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; CARPAL BONES; CHILD; DENMARK; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC;

EID: 47749148348     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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