Age determination in refugee children

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 821-824

  Benson, Jill ^a,b   Williams, Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Tullawon Health Service Yalata Community   (Australia)

^c Migrant Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REFUGEE; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFUGEES; WRIST;

EID: 54349089922     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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