Sex determination from the radius and ulna in a modern South African sample

Forensic Science International

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85.e1-85.e7

  Barrier, I L O ^a   L'Abbe E N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Discriminant function analysis; Forearm; Modern skeletal collections; Pretoria Bone collection; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MALE; MODERN TIMES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; SEX DETERMINATION; SKELETON; SOUTH AFRICA; ULNA;

EID: 49949152333     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.04.012     Document Type: Article

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