Metatarsals in the estimation of stature in South Africans

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 505-509

  Bidmos, Mubarak Ariyo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Forensic anthropology; Metatarsals; South Africa; Stature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; LONG BONE; MALE; METATARSAL BONE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SKELETON; SOUTH AFRICA; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CALCANEUS; CEPHALOMETRY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; METATARSAL BONES; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKULL; SOUTH AFRICA; TIBIA;

EID: 52749087965     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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