Determination of sex in South Indians and immigrant Tibetans from cephalometric analysis and discriminant functions

Forensic Science International

Volumn 197, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 122.e1-122.e6

  Naikmasur, Venkatesh G ^a   Shrivastava, Rahul ^a   Mutalik, Sunil ^a  

^a SDM COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cephalometric parameters; Discriminant function analysis; Forensic anthropology population data; Sex determination; South Indian population; Tibetan population

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; ZYGOMA;

EID: 77950297720     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.12.052     Document Type: Article

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