Mandibular morphology as an indicator of human subadult age: Geometric morphometric approaches

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 91-99

  Franklin, Daniel ^a   Cardini, Andrea ^b,c   O'Higgins, Paul ^b   Oxnard, Charles E ^a   Dadour, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Forensic; Forensic anthropology; Geometric morphometrics; Linear regression; Skeletal growth; Subadult mandible

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MANDIBLE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MANDIBLE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 56749133321     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-007-9015-7     Document Type: Article

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