The influence of sex, age and body mass index on facial soft tissue depths

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 60-65

  de Greef, S ^a   Vandermeulen, D ^b   Claes, P ^c   Suetens, P ^b   Willems, G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF IMAGING AND PATHOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

BMI; Facial approximation; Facial reconstruction; Facial soft tissue depths; Forensic craniofacial identification; Influences age; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FACE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FACE; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SKULL;

EID: 71449101555     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-009-9085-9     Document Type: Article

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