Craniometric analysis of the modern Cretan population

Forensic Science International

Volumn 180, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 110.e1-110.e5

  Kranioti, Elena F ^a   Işcan, Mehmet Yasar ^b   Michalodimitrakis, Manolis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Forensic anthropology; Greece; Sex determination; Skeletal remains; Skulls

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; CRANIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOMETRY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION;

EID: 51249087075     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.06.018     Document Type: Article

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