Greater sciatic notch as a sex indicator in juveniles

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 309-315

  Vlak, Dejana ^a,b   Roksandic, Mirjana ^c   Schillaci, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Morphology; Ontogeny; Osteology; Sex determination; Sexual dimorphism; Skeletal remains

Indexed keywords

NOTCH RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GREATER SCIATIC NOTCH; HUMAN; ISCHIUM; JUVENILE; MORPHOMETRICS; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIUM; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION BY SKELETON;

EID: 55849125780     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20875     Document Type: Article

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