Gender differentiation from sternum a postmortem metric study

International Journal of Medical Toxicology and Legal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 53-58

  Atal, Devinder Kumar ^a   Murari, A ^a   Rani, Y ^a   Naik, S K ^a  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Descriminant function; Mesosternum; Sternal index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METRIC SYSTEM; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STERNUM;

EID: 70349258381     PISSN: 09720448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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