Ossification of laryngeal structures as indicators of age

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1023-1027

  Garvin, Heather M ^a,b  

^a MERCYHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age determination; Cartilage ossification; Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Hyoid bone; Thyroid cartilage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CRICOID; DEATH; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARYNX; LARYNX CARTILAGE; MALE; OSSIFICATION; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SKELETON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRICOID CARTILAGE; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; LARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THYROID CARTILAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50449088227     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00793.x     Document Type: Article

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