Evaluation of stature estimation from the database for forensic anthropology

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 684-689

  Wilson, Rebecca J ^a   Herrmann, Nicholas P ^b   Jantz, Lee Meadows ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological profile; Database for forensic anthropology; Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Stature estimation; Stature formulae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BLACK PERSON;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY HEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77951124099     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01343.x     Document Type: Article

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