A metric method for sex determination using the proximal femur and fragmentary hipbone

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1283-1288

  Albanese, John ^a   Eklics, Greg ^a   Tuck, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Femur; Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Human identification; Pelvis; Sex determination; Skeletal

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIC BONE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

FEMALE; FEMUR; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HIP; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PUBIC BONE; SEX DETERMINATION BY SKELETON;

EID: 54949128628     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00855.x     Document Type: Article

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