Fragmentary femora: Evaluation of the accuracy of the direct and indirect methods in stature reconstruction

Forensic Science International

Volumn 192, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 131.e1-131.e5

  Bidmos, Mubarak Ariyo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Anthropology; Forensic anthropology population data; Forensic science; Fragmentary femur; Stature

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OSTEOMETRY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 70349478741     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.08.019     Document Type: Article

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