Sex determination from the foramen magnum: Discriminant function analysis in an eighteenth and nineteenth century British sample

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-33

  Gapert, René ^a   Black, Sue ^b   Last, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crania Discriminant functions; Foramen magnum; Regression equations Sex identification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DETERMINATION BY SKELETON;

EID: 67049137969     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-008-0256-0     Document Type: Article

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