The skull and humerus in the determination of sex: Reliability of discriminant function equations

Forensic Science International

Volumn 186, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 86.e1-86.e5

  Robinson, Meredith Stacy ^a,b   Bidmos, Mubarak Ariyo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Kimberley Hospital Complex   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Discriminant function equations; Humerus; Reliability; Sex determination; Skull; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMERUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEX DETERMINATION; SKULL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 62549142646     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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