Sex determination using metacarpal biometric data from the Athens Collection

Forensic Science International

Volumn 193, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 130.e1-130.e6

  Manolis, Sotiris K ^a   Eliopoulos, Constantine ^a   Koilias, Christos G ^b   Fox, Sherry C ^c  

^a Department of Animal and Human Physiology   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^c American School of Classical Studies at Athens   (Greece)

Author keywords

Forensic anthropology; Greek population; Metacarpals; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION;

EID: 70449646171     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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